Definition
The acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal and balanced people triggered by the mention of a specific topic.
Origins
Coined in 2003 by Charles Krauthammer as Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) in The Washington Post article "The Delusional Dean".
See Also
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How People Actually Use It
The condition of feeling an emotion usually hate or anger so intense or irrational, at a specific person, group, or ideology, that a response is triggered which is equally intense and usually irrational.
"Person 1: That dude is yelling about how x is evil incarnate. What's up with him? Person 2: Must have x Derangement Syndrome/Must be deranged/Must have derangement syndrome."
Source: Urban Dictionary