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screaming shits noun- a non-existent disease US
It is commonly found in expressions such as, “I’d rather die with the screaming shits”. - — American Speech, p. 305, December 1947: “Imaginary diseases in army and navy parlance”
- diarrhoea US
used with “the”. - — Current Slang, p. 19, Spring 1971
- We would probably pay a price later for our indiscretion, but just then that stream was full of the best water we had tasted in a long time. A case of the screaming shits was worth the risk. — Gary Linderer, The Eyes of the Eagle, p. 61, 1991
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