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hysterics

/ hɪˈstɛrɪks /

noun

  1. an attack of hysteria
  2. informal.
    wild uncontrollable bursts of laughter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In his new book "The Cancel Culture Panic: How an American Obsession Went Global," Stanford professor Adrian Daub argues that the hysterics over this alleged trend amount to a moral panic.

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As the scene ended, all the women were in hysterics, ribbing each other over how they could better play their parts next time.

Trump himself definitely doesn't believe his own hysterics.

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I mean, it has the word “butt” in it, after all, which gets him into hysterics every time.

More importantly, the plethora of cases related to the attempted coup and January 6 insurrection show that, stripped of their lies and hysterics, the insurrectionists fare poorly in the courtroom.

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