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Re: Case of the Screaming Ab DabsPosted by Lewis on August 27, 2004 In Reply to: Case of the Screaming Ab Dabs posted by Lotg (OZ) on August 23, 2004 : This morning my step-daughter asked me how I slept last night. I said "OK, except I had a case of the screaming ab dabs". She looked at me in bewilderment, so I explained that I meant I had a tummy upset. : This was a term I grew up with and use without thinking. Another one my dad often used when referring to someone chucking a wobbly or a temper tantrum was "he's having a spajilic mandragara". I use that one quite often too, again to most people's bewilderment. : Now I have absolutely no idea how to spell either of those terms or even whether there's a right or wrong way, as my father always said them, never wrote them. : What I'd like to know is whether anyone else has ever heard these terms or whether they're just a special foible of my dad's? "the screaming ab dabs" is an expression beloved of my mother - meaning a fit or tantrum. as to the others, I have not heard them BUT I am pretty certain that the reference is to the effects of Mandragora which is another name for Mandrake. The name seems to relate to man-dragon and 'mandrake root' was a traditional herbal/magic ingredient. I found the following: Mandragora Scientific Name: European Mandrake It then went on to say about the alkaloids it contained, which are potent. Somebody said - don't take it for fun.
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