meemien.

Brit.

/ˈmiːmi/, U.S.

/ˈmimi/

Forms: 1900s– meemie, 1900s– mimi.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably formed after the first syllable of screaming adj. for assonant effect (compare -y suffix⁶). In sense 2 probably partly punningly on the female forename Mimi , after Moaning Minnie n. 3. Compare earlier heebie-jeebies n. and later habdabs n.

slang (originally U.S.).

a. In plural. With the. Originally: a state of drunkenness, delirium tremens. In later use: hysterics. Usually in to have (also get) the screaming meemies.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > unhealthy excitement > [noun] > hysterics

hysterics1664

stericks1765

hystericals1797

high strikes1809

meemies1927

1927 New Republic 9 Mar. 72 The following is a partial list of words denoting drunkenness now in common use in the United States... To have the screaming meemies [etc.].

1942 New Republic 19 Jan. 78 If the mother gets the screaming meemies every time the siren growls, this deep and damaging fear is reflected and associated with all sirens, and all talk of bombs.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xvii. 323 The jangled nerves, the reefer flights, the underworld meemies.

1970 N.Z. Listener 12 Oct. 13/3 Thunderclap. Gets the screaming meemies. I couldn't help hearing her shouting, in the next room.

1997 S. Pinker How Mind Works (1998) vi. 388 Most survivors of a traumatic event do not get the screaming meemies every time they face a reminder of it.

b. A hysterical person. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > unhealthy excitement > [noun] > hysterical person

meemie1973

1973 J. H. Gagnon & W. Simon Sexual Conduct (1974) v. 151 We've got a nice circle of friends that aren't a bunch of screaming meemies.

2. screaming meemie n. a nebelwerfer (nebelwerfer n.); (also) a rocket fired from a nebelwerfer. Now historical.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > rocket-launcher

trombe1562

rocket tube1826

rocket projector1936

rocket launcher1942

nebelwerfer1943

screaming meemie1944

multiple rocket launcher1945

Katyusha1955

MRL1970

1944 Infantry Jrnl. (U.S.) Sept. 23 In Sicily it was the Nebelwerfer mortar, nicknamed the ‘woof-woof’ or ‘screaming mimi’.

1945 N.Y. Herald Tribune 4 Feb. 3 The nebel~werfer is a six-barreled projector firing six-inch rockets... The rockets, not very accurate, are variously called ‘screaming meemies’ and ‘moaning Minnies’, but, like most Army slang terms, these names are also applied to other enemy explosives.

1945 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 3 Nov. 7 The Screaming Meemie is a German multi-barreled rocket-mortar (so named for the sound it makes going off).

1980 W. Manchester Goodbye, Darkness 382 They were variously called screaming meemies, box-car Charlies, and flying seabags.

1994 Antioch Rev. (Electronic ed.) 52 At a makeshift command center in the woods, the 551st's mailsacks were exploded by a volley of Screaming Meemies (88s).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meemie
释义	meemien. Brit. /ˈmiːmi/, U.S. /ˈmimi/ Forms: 1900s– meemie, 1900s– mimi. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably formed after the first syllable of screaming adj. for assonant effect (compare -y suffix⁶). In sense 2 probably partly punningly on the female forename Mimi , after Moaning Minnie n. 3. Compare earlier heebie-jeebies n. and later habdabs n. slang (originally U.S.). 1. a. In plural. With the. Originally: a state of drunkenness, delirium tremens. In later use: hysterics. Usually in to have (also get) the screaming meemies. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > unhealthy excitement > [noun] > hysterics hysterics1664 stericks1765 hystericals1797 high strikes1809 meemies1927 1927 New Republic 9 Mar. 72 The following is a partial list of words denoting drunkenness now in common use in the United States... To have the screaming meemies [etc.]. 1942 New Republic 19 Jan. 78 If the mother gets the screaming meemies every time the siren growls, this deep and damaging fear is reflected and associated with all sirens, and all talk of bombs. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xvii. 323 The jangled nerves, the reefer flights, the underworld meemies. 1970 N.Z. Listener 12 Oct. 13/3 Thunderclap. Gets the screaming meemies. I couldn't help hearing her shouting, in the next room. 1997 S. Pinker How Mind Works (1998) vi. 388 Most survivors of a traumatic event do not get the screaming meemies every time they face a reminder of it. b. A hysterical person. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > unhealthy excitement > [noun] > hysterical person meemie1973 1973 J. H. Gagnon & W. Simon Sexual Conduct (1974) v. 151 We've got a nice circle of friends that aren't a bunch of screaming meemies. 2. screaming meemie n. a nebelwerfer (nebelwerfer n.); (also) a rocket fired from a nebelwerfer. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > rocket-launcher trombe1562 rocket tube1826 rocket projector1936 rocket launcher1942 nebelwerfer1943 screaming meemie1944 multiple rocket launcher1945 Katyusha1955 MRL1970 1944 Infantry Jrnl. (U.S.) Sept. 23 In Sicily it was the Nebelwerfer mortar, nicknamed the ‘woof-woof’ or ‘screaming mimi’. 1945 N.Y. Herald Tribune 4 Feb. 3 The nebel~werfer is a six-barreled projector firing six-inch rockets... The rockets, not very accurate, are variously called ‘screaming meemies’ and ‘moaning Minnies’, but, like most Army slang terms, these names are also applied to other enemy explosives. 1945 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 3 Nov. 7 The Screaming Meemie is a German multi-barreled rocket-mortar (so named for the sound it makes going off). 1980 W. Manchester Goodbye, Darkness 382 They were variously called screaming meemies, box-car Charlies, and flying seabags. 1994 Antioch Rev. (Electronic ed.) 52 At a makeshift command center in the woods, the 551st's mailsacks were exploded by a volley of Screaming Meemies (88s). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927
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