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- noun Plural form of
zap . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
zap .
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Examples
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And then in zaps the chorus, a remonstration of sorts, or a call to arms: "Life is just a precious minute baby," it yells.
Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll Laura Barton 2010
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Thinking in those terms zaps the lack mentality pretty darned quick.
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Thinking in those terms zaps the lack mentality pretty darned quick.
2007 August | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr 2007
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To attract attention the alliance staged what its members called "zaps," confrontations with people or institutions that they believed discriminated against gay people.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Douglas Martin 2011
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Max naturally assumes that the man is a typical loonie, but then the machine not only works, but has a side effect that not even Boles anticipated: it "zaps" the reporter the scientific nature of what happens is never explained, inflicting him with a bizarre condition.
Archive 2006-06-01 Kylopod 2006
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Max naturally assumes that the man is a typical loonie, but then the machine not only works, but has a side effect that not even Boles anticipated: it "zaps" the reporter the scientific nature of what happens is never explained, inflicting him with a bizarre condition.
How chaos can be fun Kylopod 2006
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It feels a little like the sheen you get before those "zaps" that occur when you're coming off Prozac, even though I know those little seizures aren't imminent.
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It feels a little like the sheen you get before those "zaps" that occur when you're coming off Prozac, even though I know those little seizures aren't imminent.
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The UV light "zaps" microrganisms such as viruses, cysts and bacteria that may be present in your household water supply.
WN.com - Articles related to Pregnant women can enjoy one cup of coffee a day 2010
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It literally feels like it is going to explode and on top of that, I keep feeling 'zaps' in my head (and elsewhere at times), a bit like if I had missed a dose of Venlafaxine, only much worse in severity.
Irish Blogs 2010
oroboros commented on the word zaps
Spaz in reverse.
July 22, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word zaps
Seen here.
"More alarmingly, the dreaded "zaps" have arrived. I'd read about these on the Paxil Database, a site for self-proclaimed Paxil victims, but I thought they were made up—there are so many hypochondriacs on the Web." (Seth Stevenson, "Extroverted Like Me," Slate, June 18, 2006)
March 31, 2009
sionnach commented on the word zaps
Hmmm. This article just feeds in to my preexisting conviction that, where brain chemistry is concerned, an unmedicated life is preferable, as much as possible. I attribute this to growing up with a mother who was a doctor (basically, to get even the remotest sympathy or attention, we kids had to be either near death, or have visible lesions). The odd thing is that this conviction has remained, despite 25 years working in the pharmaceutical industry. Go figure.
But "social anxiety disorder" always had that aura of being a "disease" that had its origins more in the cupidity of big pharma than as any reflection of objective reality.
And those withdrawal symptoms certainly didn't sound like a picnic either.
March 31, 2009
yarb commented on the word zaps
I've never heard of Paxil before. Is it still available? Stevenson makes it sound like rather a crappy drug all round.
March 31, 2009
reesetee commented on the word zaps
Yes, it's still available.
I think it really depends on who's taking the drug and why. I've heard of people who not only do wonderfully on it, but swear by it--and that's probably true of many of the newer antidepressants.
The author of this article clearly didn't "need" to take such a drug; he simply wanted to see what it would do for him--whereas many people who use antidepressants are taking them for a diagnosed disease (such as clinical depression).
March 31, 2009
sionnach commented on the word zaps
reesetee makes an excellent point. Clinical depression is a well-defined disease, and there are undoubtedly people who benefit from taking Paxil for that condition. Where things become problematic, I think, is when companies try to expand their market by defining "disorders" of a more nebulous kind (e.g. "shyness" as a disorder, rather than just a personality trait).
March 31, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word zaps
So maybe here is a good place to ask: is restless leg syndrome real?
*prepares to dodge thrown items*
March 31, 2009
reesetee commented on the word zaps
In my (sleepless) experience, yes.
March 31, 2009