fantod
/ˈfantɒd
/noun North American informal
A state or attack of uneasiness or unreasonableness: people calling me Ray just gives me the fantods...
- As Alma, Betsy Palmer gives a performance that is touching and precise as a girl with a bad case of the fantods.
- I remember Emmeline Grangerford's mourning memorabilia giving Huck the fantods.
Origin
Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of
- get (or take or have) the bit between (or in) one's teeth
- get (or take or have) the measure of
- get out
- get out of
- get out of bed on the wrong side (or get up on the wrong side of the bed)
- (get) out of my sight!
- get out of someone's face
- get outside of
- get over
- get over oneself
- get physical
- get real!
- get religion
- get-rich-quick
- get rid of
- get rooted
- get round (or around)
- get round to (or around to)
- get sick