Triggery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Triggery is an adjective meaning Easily triggered; tending to go off very frequently.
Meaning
Easily triggered; tending to go off very frequently.
More Meanings
- Tending to upset.
- Trigger mechanisms, taken collectively.
Example Sentences
The last thing you want is a threshold that is too triggery (one that goes off too many times) or a threshold that won’t go off until the entire building burns to the ground.
A trigger warning serves as a heads up that the post contains some possibly upsetting material. Triggery subjects include, but are not limited to, pregnant women, children, clinic protesters, insensitive people, ... anniversaries, etc.
Now bear in mind there are no clap traps nor inconvenient and cumbersome triggery about all this, simply an inch hoop iron with saw-tooth notches cut 1½ inches apart and a frame made bevel edged all the entire length on the under side; […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trigger-happy, triggerhappy, provoking, inflammable, excitable, inflammatory.
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