The phrase
"fear factor" refers to the level of fear or anxiety that something or someone can generate. It signifies how frightened or intimidated someone might feel towards a specific situation or person.
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The age old myth that it will make you bloated and bulky is the biggest
fear factor for women.
In addition, irresponsible reporting and comments on social media that have generated
unwanted fear factor.
I'm inclined to think picking up the phone has an even
higher fear factor, since people use them almost exclusively to swipe and poke instead of talk.
At work the other day, we were playing the «what if» game, after a particularly horrifying happening
on Fear Factor.
If you add in the pure unadulterated
fear factor of waiting for that elevator door to slowly open, or investigating a creepy office for clues knowing that there is a horde of vicious undead not to far away you're going to be getting an awesome mix of thrills and chills.
Feeling much the same as an amusement park spook - alley, the attraction tries to provide as much
fear factor as its targeted «tween crowd can handle.
Grossed out: Inspired
by Fear Factor and How To Eat Fried Worms, principals have ingested a variety of insects and unpalatable fare like pet food.
Their opponents simply seemed to be taken over by some sort of
fear factor because they froze on the day as if totally overawed by a few big names (as you seem to be) and did not play to their normal standards.
I do believe in cohesion and a Kawhi return at the playoffs might disrupt team play but what a morale booster it will be and an
added fear factor to the opposing team.
I can see where you might want to keep the name of your employer confidential when you are submitting your resume to a recruiter (usually there's some kind of
fear factor involved because it can be a small world).
Just because Fido is not allowed to star in the popular reality game
show Fear Factor doesn't mean that he is free of fears.
Miami junior quarterback Brock Berlin's girlfriend, reigning Miss Louisiana Brittney Rogers, won $ 50,000 on
Fear Factor after she ate fermented squid guts, dived into a tub filled with 5,000 pounds of fish scales and hung on the back of an 18 - wheeler as it careened down the highway at 50 mph.
Provide class practice by challenging students to use interesting language to describe two
Fear Factor stunts with these titles:
I know Per does have allot to do with those odd performances when players regroup without Wenger, and he does hold a
certain fear factor esp if he'd lose his temper.
Over the next several weeks, I'll continue to post the
top fear factors for today... to overcome your fear, and get back on track, get your copy of Money Smarts for Turbulent Times by Judith Briles — available in paper and ebook format.
But what could now hurt Benchmark's business is a
new fear factor that has gripped a young class of entrepreneurs, who perhaps see Kalanick's ouster as a cautionary tale for their own companies down the road.
More than anything Vardy will give us a)
Fear factor b) keep Giroud on his toes c) can play as a wide forward too.
In over a decade at afc he's not been consistent, neither has he proven to be anything near being worthy to be be counted in the same breath as Thierry, Anelka, Wright, Kanu, Adebeyor, RvP — I'm sorry but he has a
minus fear factor (remember we rolled him out as captain and got rolled over) and for me he devalues the meaning of wearing the no14 shirt — sell, sell, sell before the potential buyer returns to their senses.
I spoke to Wayne Hennessey about making history with Wales, emulating Neville Southall and the Crystal
Palace fear factor.
Acknowledging that Liu had not shown any interest in receiving his endorsement, Wu spoke of a «
Cuomo fear factor» and what he sees as Liu's «active fear of reprisal».
Face the social fear factor
Dating in Cyberspace is upon us and it takes the
entire fear factor to worry about rejection if your advances are not going the right way.
A part of the slow -
burning fear factor is simply the still, naked body of Olwen Kelly, lying on the coronary table, her body being carved open, her eyes glaring lifelessly at the ceiling.
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Fear Factor left behind the rule book in E.L. Katz's ultra-violent parody on American economic desperation that mixes murky morality with a heavy twist of sadism.
A scene involving a real snake does better but it is underused and once again the
true fear factor is sadly lacking.
It gets mileage out of setting up the Quarter Quell as some
ultimate Fear Factor version of Deliverance, yet there isn't a moment of real dread in it.
This movie explores the depravity and greed of man and
makes Fear Factor look like Sesame Street.
Sometimes, all it takes to knock the associated
fear factor down a few notches...
And in a global culture jaded by graphic movies, rap songs, and deliberately repulsive reality TV (
think Fear Factor — famous for its «gross stunts» where sexy contestants are covered in maggots or forced to dive into sewage), is such a question even relevant?
[My earlier posts are here: «
Fear Factor Rising for Federal Workers as Refuge Occupation Goes Unchallenged» and «Weighing Oregon Standoff Solutions, from Arrests to Birder Invasion.»]
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