A condition of heightened anxiety
and short temperedness brought on by a combination of frustration, long-drive induced claustrophobia, fatigue and lack of cold beer
. Dubbed after a nickname of Winnipeg, Manitoba where the condition was first formally documented.
Actual Transcript of initial case of the Peg, summer 2006:
Index Case(IC): "Winnipeg sucks!"
Innocent bystanders (IB): "Oh man Jenny
is getting the Peg, we gotta pull over and get some beer into her."
IC:"How dare you accuse me of getting Peggish!"
IB: "Easy now, don't Peg out...look, see? A Boston Pizza, they have a patio and beer. Pull over."