abdabs

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abdabs

(ˈæbˌdæbz)

old-fashioned Brit a case of extreme anxiety

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But, for now, here we are on the doorstep of the EU having the screaming abdabs about how we might step outside.

Nightmare scenario

We all eventually reach the point at which we either have half an hour of peace, or we will have the screaming abdabs all over Sainsbury's.

Is our smartphone addiction damaging our children?

AVOID the screaming abdabs and tradesmen throwing their toys (or tools) out of the cotby followingsome simple rules when you are dealing with contractors and other professsionals.

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Now in this season to be jolly I am happy to be taken along with the tide of goodwill but when people start lighting candles willy-nilly I get the screaming abdabs.

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