单词 | to have the screaming meemies |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (also get) the screaming meemies 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. < as lemmas |
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