Word of the Week: Fantods

nancyfriedman.typepad.com ^ | June 15, 2009 | Nancy Fried

[kawhill]

Fantods: An ill-defined state of nervous excitement, irritability, or distress. Usually found in the plural form. Origin unknown; possibly a variation of fantigue, origin also unknown, although Webster's 3rd International Dictionary suggests that it may be a blend of fantastic and fatigue.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Kawhill;

Perhaps Fantods is derived from Fantasym, or is perhaps is an abreviation of Fant-ode, fantasy song? (My folk etymology.)

**Fantasym is an unsettling jumbled and chaotic dream that we sometimes have upon waking up, with disconnected thoughts and images flying around. (Old meaning I think.)

[alexander_busek]

**Fantasym is an unsettling jumbled and chaotic dream that we sometimes have upon waking up, with disconnected thoughts and images flying around. (Old meaning I think.)

A "fantasym" is the intense shudder of pleasure which a succubus or incubus experiences at culmination.

/humor

Regards,

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Alex...Creepy explanation!