screaming-meemies

[skree-ming-mee-meez]

noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Informal.

extreme nervousness; hysteria (usually preceded by the).

Origin of screaming-meemies

1925–30; reduplication with alteration of screaming; see -y², -s³

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