stress puppy informal

Stress Puppy A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.

Stress puppies "ramp up" to cope with added work and "batmobile" - by putting up defensive emotional shields - when threatened with unwanted intimacy.

The high concentration of BBC stress puppies in Glasgow's west end means there is a four-year wait for a plot in Kirklee; Dundonians can whistle for up to six years for an allotment in Ancrum Street or Arklay Street.

Are you a stress puppy?

MOST OFFICES HAVEone - a stress puppy who excels in blamestorming.

Using phrases such as 'stress puppies' - moaning, insecure workers - and 'blamestorming' to describe a meeting where people sit around blaming each other for mistakes, is becoming commonplace in offices.