saddies en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From sad + -ies.
Meanings
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(informal, plural, plural-only, rare) The act or state of being sad; sadness.
The only time I see a somber face is when we leave, especially saying good-bye to Misha. Without a smile, he looks like a different person. He says, “The saddies coming. The saddies coming in good now.”
2007, Betty Levitov, “Captain Simba and the Stone House Gang”, in Africa on Six Wheels: A Semester on Safari (a Bison original), Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 80:‘Got the saddies, mate? Out of the rip here, boy. No fear of drowning.’ ‘Just tired.’
2009, Peter Temple, Truth, Melbourne, Vic.: Text Publishing, →ISBN, page 352:sorry the saddies got you bad,, we wishes^([sic]) sumpin we could do for ya, heh, for us, it was a new medication prescribed when i was like hypermania girl, and lo an behold it has workd^([sic]) wonders..
1998 March 11, inspace, “emotional crash”, in alt.support.dissociation (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Apr 2026:Oh man, I hit the saddies, a few years back myself, but I've always been lonely -that's kinda my style, so to speak, never cared much for company, if they are not truly my friends.
2000 January 7, Anders Eriksen, “NICK CAVE IS MY BOYFRIEND II”, in alt.music.nick-cave (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Apr 2026:Oh, like I've been so had man by those big bully boys on the net. Mummy, save me from the saddies
2002 May 31, shinscar, “Boring Mountain bikers like JD”, in alt.mountain-bike (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Apr 2026:The cemetery was giving him the willies, he said, the absolute creeps, so he quickly left. What a baby. I hardly ever get the willies here, but I do often get the saddies. I drip my tears onto the hill and help the grass to grow.
2008, Evan Kuhlman, “Cemetery Tales III”, in The Last Invisible Boy, New York, N.Y.: ginee seo books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 110:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the saddies | Number=Plur | canonical | lexicographic |