A fork of Rural Dictionary
a sudden and unexplained loss of skills in experienced athletes. Some credit the yips to a loss of fine motor skills; others consider the condition to be primarily psychological, however it is poorly understood and has no known treatment or therapy. Athletes affected by the yips sometimes recover their ability, which may require a change in technique. Many are forced to abandon their sport at the highest level.
Did you see Jon Lester has the Yips? Yeah he can’t throw to first base.
The "yips" is a set of conditions associated with having your nerves badly rattled. Can affect the performance of athletes and in the case of combat veterans is a symptom of PTSD(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
1) I got the yips and bogeyed the rest of the holes.
2) My post military career prospects aren't looking so good with a bad case of the combat yips and and drinking myself to sleep every night.
Over Thinking Something So Much You Become Unable To do It. You Than Will Often Proceed To Implode.
Happens When Hitting On Girls
Making Game Winning Goals
Making Public Speeches
I Was At A Victoria's Secret Fashion Show And i Got The Yips, I Couldn't Hit On A Girl All Night.
Joe Got The Yips And Lost Us The State Title When He Missed That Field Goal.
Yip is an abstract noun for the feeling when you are happy/ excited/ want to party.It is not usually used in the same way as happy it is used like the word yay. For example-
(Arrives at party)
A: yip yip
B: yip yip lets party