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the body's fire alarm — loud, useful, and absolutely terrible at telling you what's burning
means A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility, the emotion that flares up when you feel wronged, thwarted, or threatened.
from From Old Norse 'angr,' meaning grief, sorrow, or distress — a word that originally pointed inward at one's own suffering rather than outward at a target. It traces back to a Proto-Germanic root meaning 'to constrict' or 'to make narrow,' related to Latin 'angere' (to choke, throttle) — the same tight-chested family that gives us 'anguish,' 'anxiety,' and even 'angina.' So the oldest sense of anger isn't a fist but a clenching: the feeling of being squeezed. English borrowed it during the Norse-soaked Middle Ages, and over time the meaning slid from inner ache to outer rage.
- chemical clock
- the adrenaline surge fades in about 90 seconds
- heat map
- people consistently feel it in chest, head, and hands
- sharper mind
- mild anger can boost optimism and risk-taking
- contagious
- angry faces are spotted faster than happy ones
- heart cost
- outbursts spike heart attack risk for two hours
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the 1992 la riots — six days of violence in los angeles after acquittal of police officers in rodney king beating