Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Boredom, restlessness, or irritability that results from a lack of environmental stimulation, as from a prolonged stay in a remote, sparsely populated region or a confined indoor area.
Wiktionary
- n. psychology A condition that produces restlessness and irritability caused from being in a confined space.
Examples
“I sat next to an officer of the Wexton PD and we made jokes about how the mothers were coming out in droves to the gymnasium at the elementary school not because they were concerned with safety, but because they had cabin fever after three days of steady snow.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cabin fever’.
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Take five
Two-word phrases composed of five-letter words. There are a couple with three words (great white shark), but I stuck those on Triads 3.
belly laugh, bench press, bette davis, black angus, blank check, booby hatch, brain coral, bronx cheer, brown dwarf, buddy holly, burnt umber, cabin fever and 195 more...
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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Restless
How can you stop when your feet say go?
hyperideation, unquiet, unpeaceful, cabin fever, space-hunger, restlessness, inquietude, wanrufe, restiveness, restive, champ at the bit, fidgetiness and 28 more...
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Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
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phrases
a wee dram, thick walls make ..., bubble, bubble, t..., cry for help, give 'er, in all fairness, full on, who knew, quick like a bunny, old coot, soup nazi, smarty-pants and 129 more...
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pinkpop268's list
Welcome to my list!! These will be words that sound strange, look strange, or have strange meanings. Enjoy, i guess.
arachibutyrophobia, friggatriskaideka..., chloroform, cheapskate, faux fur, vaseline, petroleum, pseudonym, arachnid, cabin fever, paradise, perfectionist
Tweets
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hernesheir cf. space-hunger Jan 8, 2013
strev cooped up Apr 20, 2009
treeseed Cabin fever is a condition that produces restlessness and irritability caused from being in a confined space. The actual term is slang for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a party is isolated and/or shut in, alone or together, for an extended period.
The term possibly originated in the United States at the time when settlers would be snowed into their log cabins and had to wait for the spring thaw in order to travel to town. Another possible source for this phrase could be that during an outbreak of some disease, people who had a fever were confined to a cabin as a quarantine. Most likely, the phrase may be associated with ocean-crossing sailing ships in which passengers had to endure weeks and months of slow travel while living in cramped cabins below deck.
_Wikipedia Feb 8, 2008