Definition: The cumulative, low-grade rage generated by life’s tiniest obstructions and inefficiencies. It’s the actual physics of frustration: when slow-walking sidewalk blockades, rogue hairs invading your sandwich mid-bite, or a buffering stream create resistance against your basic desire to just exist smoothly.
This isn’t major anger, but the corrosive drip of micro-annoyances. It’s the visceral urge to rage-quit a shoelace you tripped on or dramatically side-eye the universe because the wind, a doorframe, and your own charging cable conspired to mildly inconvenience you all at once. Pure, petty, kinetic irritation.
Example:
Fighting tangled earbuds while dodging slow walkers, then spilling coffee on his shirt, the corrosive drip of micro-annoyances ignited his cumulative rage.
Stubbing her toe, dropping her keys, and then the zipper jamming – the physics of frustration turned minor setbacks into pure kinetic irritation.