STRESS, STRESSED, STRESSING
ADJECTIVES
1380 ► TROUBLY confused, troubled, distraught, disturbed, worried, stressed; marked by disturbance or confusion; restless, unquiet → obs.
20C.. ► WIGGING stressing, going crazy → students’ sl.
1940 ► UNDER THE GUN under great pressure or stress → sl., orig. US
NOUNS
1990 ► MAALOX MOMENT a time of stress → sl., orig. US students’ usage
NOUNS, PERSON
1996 ► STRESS-HEAD a person who is habitually stressed; a constant worrier → Aust. sl.
VERBS
1982 ► DO YOUR HEAD IN to emotionally overload, confuse, and make stressed → UK sl.
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