DELIRIUM TREMENS
ADJECTIVES
► BLUE-DEVILLED in a fit of delirium tremens → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FULL OF MONKEYS having delirium tremens → 1935 Amer. dial.
► IN THE JACKPOT having the delirium tremens → 1967 Amer. sl.
► RAMMY suffering from delirium tremens → 1950s US prison sl.
► SNAKY jittery, shaky, esp. as the result of delirium tremens → 1884 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► ABDABS, THE delirium tremens or a state of enraged frustration → 1946 UK sl.
► ATHLETIC FITS delirium tremens → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BARREL FEVER drunkenness; hence, delirium tremens → L18 sl.
► BATS, THE delirium tremens → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BENDERS delirium tremens → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BENDS, THE delirium tremens → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BLUE DEVILS delirium tremens → 1899 Amer. dial.
► BLUE ONES delirium tremens → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLUES delirium tremens → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CAN’T-HELP-ITS an imaginary disease or condition; also, delirium tremens → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CAST-IRON HORRORS delirium tremens → 20C Anglo-Irish
► CLANKS, THE delirium tremens → 1943 US sl.
► D.T. ► D.Ts delirium tremens → 1858 sl.
► DELIRIOUS TREMORS delirium tremens → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DELIRIUM TREMBLES delirium tremens → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DELIRIUM TREMORS delirium tremens → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL’S TREMORS delirium tremens → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DIDDLEUMS delirium tremens → 20C Aust. sl.
► DINGBATS delirium tremens → 1911 Aust. & NZ sl.
► DITHERS, THE delirium tremens → 20C US sl.
► DUCKS AND DRAKES delirium tremens → 1967 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘shakes’
► GALLON DISTEMPER delirium tremens → 1933 Eng. sl. (Bk.)
► HABDABS, THE delirium tremens or a state of enraged frustration → 1946 UK sl.
► HEEBIE-JEEBIES delirium tremens → 1926 US sl.
► HEEBIES delirium tremens → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HOO-HA’S, THE delirium tremens → 1932 sl.
► HOO-HOOS, THE delirium tremens → 1952 sl.
► HOO-JAHS, THE delirium tremens → 1932 sl.
► HORRORS, THE delirium tremens; hence, in narcotic usage, withdrawal sickness → 1839 Amer. sl.
► JAKE LEGS, THE delirium tremens → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JERKS, THE delirium tremens → E19 sl.
► JIM-JAMS delirium tremens → 1877 Amer. dial.
► JIMMIES delirium tremens → 1899 Amer. dial.
► JOE BLAKES delirium tremens → 20C Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘shakes’
► JUMPS, THE delirium tremens → 1879 Amer. dial.
► MANIPORTIA delirium tremens → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MONKEY ON ONE’S BACK delirium tremens → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MONKEYS delirium tremens → 1935 Amer. dial.
► MONKEYS AND SNAKES the delirium tremens → 1965 US colloq.
► NERVE-SHAKE delirium tremens → 1966 Amer. dial.
► OENOMANIA ► OINOMANIA mania resulting from intoxication; delirium tremens → 1897
► ORK-ORKS the delirium tremens → E20 US colloq.
► PINK ELEPHANTS delirium tremens → L19
► PINK SPIDERS delirium tremens → L19
► POKER, THE delirium tremens → 1967 Amer. dial.
► POTOMANIA delirium tremens → 1986 (Bk.)
► QUART-MANIA the delirium tremens → 19C Brit. sl.
► RAMS, THE delirium tremens → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RATS, THE delirium tremens → 19C colloq.
► RICKS delirium tremens → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SCREAMING ABDABS, THE an attack of delirium tremens → 1930 sl.
► SHAKES, THE trembling; delirium tremens → 1782 sl.
► SNAKES the delirium tremens → L19 US colloq.
► SNAKES IN ONE’S BOOTS delirium tremens → 1854 Amer. dial.
► TREMBLES delirium tremens → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TROMOMANIA delirium tremens → 1986 (Bk.)
► UGLIES, THE delirium tremens → L19 sl.
► WEARY WILLIES, THE general feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WHIPS AND JINGLES ► WHOOPS AND JINGLES severe delirium tremens → E20 US sl.
► WILLIES, THE feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens → 1905 Amer. dial.
► WOOLIES the delirium tremens → 1912 Amer. dial.
► ZINGS the delirium tremens → E20 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE one who is suffering from delirium tremens → 1846 UK sl.
VERBS
► HAVE SNAKES to suffer from delirium tremens → 1942 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HAVE SNAKES IN ONE’S BOOTS to be fidgety or uneasy; to have delirium tremens → 1876 Amer. sl.
► HAVE THE DINGBATS to be a victim of delirium tremens → 1926 Aust. sl.
► SEE SNAKES to suffer from delirium tremens → 1865 Amer. dial.
► SEE THE MONKEYS to have delirium tremens → 1965 Amer. dial.
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