screaming abdabs

Definition

A state of extreme nervousness.

Example Sentences

• "...not noticing the sud smells anymore or belts over my head that gave me the screaming ab-dabs when I first came in the factory at fifteen..."
• "1971, New Scientist, page 80, by the EBSCO Publishing Firm, Meanwhile, down the road a piece, another British firm has had an attack of the abdabs."
• "... Robert played all the time on his dummy keyboard and it drove Edna near mad, gave her the screaming abdabs as she put it."