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noun
US1slang In plural. With the. Originally: a state of drunkenness, delirium tremens. In later use: hysterics. Usually in "to have (also get) the screaming meemies".
2slang, rare A hysterical person.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The New Republic. Origin uncertain; probably formed after the first syllable of screaming for assonant effect.
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