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Panicsville en · PROPN

Etymology

From panic + -s- + -ville.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) A state of panic.
   • “Here's a guy who's won countless awards,” wrote the publicist, “is a world-wide star and he's in panicsville, because his show may be cancelled […].” 2010, Gary Fishgall, Gonna Do Great Things: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr., Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
   • “If I may comment, Brian goes through Panicsville every time a new record is released,” his mother said during an interview the band gave in 1965. 2025 June 14, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “Obituary: Visionary who grew from Surfin’ to audacious experimenter”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:

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