screaming-meemies

[ skree-ming-mee-meez ]

/ ˈskri mɪŋˈmi miz /

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

Usually the screaming-meemies . extreme nervousness; anxiety; hysteria.

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Origin of screaming-meemies

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

Johnson heard officers around him screaming to their comrade.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When not screaming or yelling hysterically, Samuel is brandishing makeshift weapons and pushing his cousins off a tree house.
‘The Babadook’ Is the Best (and Most Sincere) Horror Movie of the Year|Samuel Fragoso|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As for the video itself, think “Girls Gone Wild” with less nudity and more images of dudes drinking and screaming.
FinnaRage Wants You to Rage at Its Parties. So What if It Ends Up a Riot?|Melanie Plenda|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You could hear people screaming … despite the critics who tried to put him down.
The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This fight was like something we typically see in reality shows, complete with name calling and screaming.
After Maher-Affleck, We Need an Honest—and Calm—Dialogue on Islam|Dean Obeidallah|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The doctor, a little puzzled, took his leave, but had not gone ten yards when the housekeeper flew screaming after him.
Uncanny Tales|Various
It was two nights after this conversation that I woke out of deep sleep and heard sounds of screaming.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
Hardly had we gone two more blocks when the screaming and jabbering monkey fell upon us.
Kari the Elephant|Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Tess Rillette was screaming and putting herself between Frey and Lasseroe, in an ungraceful try at the old martyr act.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Bud chose the cooking, and went away down the flat, the bluejay screaming insults after him.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower