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scottobearmulligrubs (MUL-i-grubz) noun
1. Grumpiness; colic; low spirits.
2. An ill-tempered person.
[From mulliegrums, apparently from megrims (low spirits).]
"I got the dismals. Not exactly the dumps or mulligrubs, more like moody and uncertain, as when you don't know what's going to happen next."
Fred Schmidt; Middle East Thing Puts Chill on Festivities; San Antonio Express-News (Texas); Dec 30, 1990
1. Grumpiness; colic; low spirits.
2. An ill-tempered person.
[From mulliegrums, apparently from megrims (low spirits).]
"I got the dismals. Not exactly the dumps or mulligrubs, more like moody and uncertain, as when you don't know what's going to happen next."
Fred Schmidt; Middle East Thing Puts Chill on Festivities; San Antonio Express-News (Texas); Dec 30, 1990
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Date: 2006-03-14 04:47 pm (UTC)That has to be the greatest term for depression, ever. Next time I'm feeling down, I'll have to remember it, because it makes me laugh.
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Date: 2006-03-14 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-14 08:20 pm (UTC)Part of Speech: noun
Definition: depression for no apparent reason, melancholy; also called blue devils, mulligrubs
mulligrubs
\Mul"li*grubs\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. mull to squeeze, pull about, mulling numb or dull.] 1. A griping of the intestines; colic. [Slang]
Whose dog lies sick of the mulligrubs? --Beau. & Fl.
2. Hence, sullenness; the sulks. [Slang]
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Date: 2006-03-14 09:51 pm (UTC)you find us the best words!
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Date: 2006-03-14 11:48 pm (UTC)*huggo*
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Date: 2006-03-14 11:55 pm (UTC)love those hugs!
blessings!
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Date: 2006-03-15 04:43 am (UTC)I am sick of feeling this way too.
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Date: 2006-03-15 02:06 pm (UTC)try macaroni and cheese! :D