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2600:8807:C040:15D:6917:3EAF:19CA:74BF (talk) 17:30, 29 July 2016 (UTC)July 29, 2016 crj Perhaps should be linked to the common spelling "screaming meemies" listed in many dictionaries including Mirriam Webster^[1], who ascribes the origin as "unknown", and having the first known usage in 1942. . . Webster defines it as "nervous hysteria", and many think that the use comes as a nickname for the German rocket propelled munitions of WWII. . . and perhaps the anxiety instilled by the same. . .[reply]

The "citation needed" for dysentery may not be forth coming. . . as it is, indeed, rare old slang, and I have heard it myself in reference to "diarrhea" quite some years back. . .

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