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FANTOD — [Noun] A state of nervous anxiety, irritability, or fidgetiness, often manifesting as a sudden, crotchety outburst. Of obscure origin; first recorded 1835–40, likely a fanciful formation from fantastic or related to the dialectal word fantigue (itself perhaps a blend of fantasy and frantic). Unlike “anxiety,” which denotes a sustained, brooding climate of dread, or “fidget,” which names only the restless physical symptom, a fantod is the internal squall itself—a sharp, petty storm of the nerves. It is the frantic patting of pockets for keys known to be elsewhere, the compulsive straightening of a crooked picture frame in a stranger’s house, or the furious, rhythmic tapping of a spoon on a formica counter—a brief, private rebellion against the intolerable friction of being alive in a world of minor, relentless imperfections.