fantods

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English

Etymology

The first known record of the word is from 1839, in the book Adventures of Harry Franco by Charles Biggs.

Pronunciation

Noun

fantods

  1. (chiefly dated) plural of fantod
    to have/give the fantods ― to be in a state of nervousness, distress, or anxiety
    • 1839, Charles Biggs, Adventures of Harry Franco:
      You have got strong symptoms of the fantods; your skin is so tight you can’t shut your eyes without opening your mouth.”
    • 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) , London: Chatto & Windus, , →OCLC:
      […] I catched a glimpse of fire away through the trees. I went for it, cautious and slow. By and by I was close enough to have a look, and there laid a man on the ground. It most give me the fantods.
    • 1935, The American Magazine, page 66:
      You can't be on the fence about this article. It'll make you cheer loudly or roar with annoyance. It gave two of our editors the fantods.
    • 1992 July/August, Molly Ivins, “Bubba's Billionaire”, in Mother Jones Magazine, page 8:
      I know, I know, the mere thought of a right-wing Dallas billionaire buying the presidency gives you the hot fantods.
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest , Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 632:
      Last week a grounds-crew lawnmower sitting clean and silent and somehow menacing in the middle of the dawn kitchen gave Mrs. Clarke the fantods and resulted in Eggplant Parmesan for two suppers in a row, which sent shock waves.
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