Word of the day March 13, 2014 fantod • \FAN-tahd\ • noun 1 a : a state of irritability and tension b : fidgets 2 : an emotional outburst : fit Examples: The idea of such a sum—$140,000!—dropping into the lap of a 19-year-old gave me the fantods. — From an article by Lucy Ferriss in The New York Times, June 28, 2009 When you listen to the podcast, youll also hear … the glaring statistics that should give any sensible parent the howling fantods. For instance, he mentions that theres a 1-in-2 chance that a newborn will, at some point, be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. — From an article by Christopher Heimerman in the Daily Gazette (Sterling, Illinois), January 18, 2014 Did you know? You have got strong symptoms of the fantods; your skin is so tight you cant shut your eyes without opening your mouth. Thus, American author Charles Frederick Briggs provides us with the oldest recorded use of fantods in 1839. Mark Twain used the word to refer to uneasiness or restlessness as shown by nervous movements—also known as the fidgets—in Huckleberry Finn: They was all nice pictures, I reckon, but I didnt somehow seem to take to them, because … they always give me the fantods. The exact origin of fantod remains a mystery, but it may have arisen from English dialectal fantigue—a word (once used by Dickens) that refers to a state of great tension or excitement and may be a blend of fantastic and fatigue.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:45:30 +0000
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