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screaming-meemies

American  
[skree-ming-mee-meez] / ˈskri mɪŋˈmi miz /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

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

Etymology

Origin of screaming-meemies

First recorded in 1925–30; reduplication with alteration of screaming; -y 2, -s 3

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