Situation in which an endless loop of an event (whether that be an activity, a day, a week, or any other period of time) is perpetuated from the standpoint of one cell (usually a person, in fiction) so that they can tweak details of the occurrence (or have them tweaked by other factors) in order to achieve a goal.
This can be both good and bad, in the sense that it's for a good cause, or it's a nightmare trap for some unfortunate victim.
P1: The movie Primer has a serious case of Hypercell Cage Syndrome, as exuded by the end in which an inordinate amount of time (and unknowable number of retries) is spent in perfecting an action during a party to prevent a potentially negative outcome.
P2: How so?
P1: One of the main characters uses a homemade time travel device to loop the same event.
P2: Oh, I see. I'm going to go spam that term on fb now.
"in the cage" is a term used when gossiping about a friend or acquaintance that has been sent to jail (usually county; but could be State or Federal Prison)
Nikki: " Did ya hear about Jim? He is doing 6 in the cage from that fight at the bar."
Sandy: " Ooo, he's too pretty for jail. he will be ready to party when he gets out. I'll be waiting."
The most famous model, singer, stripper, and overall queen that celebrity culture has ever seen
Nicole Cage is such an iconic part of celebrity culture!
Cage man. Much more primitive and aggressive than your typical cave man. Where a cave man has the freedom to roam in and out of his cave at his leisure, the cage man spends its life confined to a small cage. Very rarely will a cage man escape this torment. But when it does, it will unleash the type of hell a cave man could only dream of.
Man you you’re acting like a cage man
When you and a group of friends pass a bunch of espresso around the table and everyone takes a shot. Typically performed prior to cramming for an assignment or project late at night
"If we're gonna get this done before tomorrow we gotta do an Italian rage cage first, I'm fading fast"
A Bird in a cage is an extremely attractive female with a partner / boyfriend. Usually a douche bag.
Yeo Trane you see that hot ass shordie?
Yea, she got a man tho
Fuck! She's a Bird in a cage