The phenomenon that occurs in a Catholic Church when someone stands at the wrong time and the rest of the congregation stands up too. This usually happens because no one really knows when to sit, stand, and kneel so they copy those around them.
This phrase comes from the commonly known phrase "peer pressure".
Mrs. McCreedy accidentally started to stand up during the blessing of the body and blood and was going to subtly sit back down, but, to her horror, those around her succumbed to pew pressure and were starting to stand up too. She was forced to stand up the rest of the way because she didn't want to be the only one still sitting.
Pressure to support Bernie Sanders despite your misgivings about his economic narrative.
"The barista at the Whole Foods coffee bar gives me intense Bern Pressure every morning."
Decisions made while under the influence of beer. Similar to the decisions made based on peer pressure, beer pressure may be something that is later regretted by the decision maker.
1. "I didn't want to smoke last night, but I was totally beer pressured into it and couldn't say no."
2. Mike: "Dude! Why did you take that girl home last night?" David: "It was beer pressure, I swear!"
a skateboarding term referring to the cracks generally found around the trucks/bolts caused from landing numerous times on your board mainly from a hard stomping fashion.
Steve: shit, i need a new deck i've got mad pressure cracks.
Danny: you need to stop landin bolts evert trick bro.
The act of cleaning a dirty toilet by urinating extra hard on the grime in the bowl.
"Dude you need to clean that toilet."
"Nah it's alright I've been pressure washing it for a week."
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wifey pressure refers to that feeling you get when the girl in your life makes or inspires you to want to do better. Only positive things can come out of wifey pressure.
guy 1: dude, i see you working extra hard nowadays, whats up?!
guy 2: its that wifey pressure man. Just trying to be a good dude for my girl, gotta make that paper, feel me?!
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a phrase that the weak minded use to donate the fact that they did something stupid as hell because "all their friends where doing it" and they "just wanted to be cool".
weak minded teenagers suffer from this alot, constantly doing retarded ass shit because their friends are doing it.
peer pressure is an excuse for the weak.
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