Talk:Screaming Mimi

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, 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. ..

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. ..