Feelings of desire for a person who is not particularly attractive but just happens to be the most attractive in the room at that point in time. Often occurs during long boring classes or lectures.
Sufferers usually come to a realisation that the subject of their lust is far less interesting if they ever see them in a different context.
"I thought Joey in my Linguistics class was really hot, but when I saw them in the supermarket I realised it was just a bad case of situational lust"
LIFTS stands for 'light is faster than sound'. It usually refers to a situation wherein someone looks like smart/intelligent/well-groomed person from afar, but when the said person is talked to, it comes to the realization that he/she is almost the polar opposite and you want to get away as soon and politely as possible.
During my coffiebreak, I approached a guy smartly dresses in stark white shirt and shine shoes and glasses. But when I started talking to him, he started to try and convince me that global warming was just a myth and 5G towers were causing the coronavirus. I tried to break away as quickly as I could, quoting that I left my laptop unlocked and had to go back urgently.
Man, that was a bad LIFTS situation.