once termed to be a disorder of only women (thus the root words being hyster, as it was originally thought that the uterus was a free floating object in a woman's body, and when lost would cause her to be hysterical), the original cure was for the doctor to masturbate the woman.
mostly it is characterized by uncontrollable emotion, be it amusement, fear, etc, in a given situation.
Hysteria is a very good Muse song. Muse is the greatest band of all time, so how could they not make amazing songs? The bass line in this song is possibly the greatest thing I've ever heard.
Me: *starts laughing really hard, falls on floor and stops breathing, still laughing though.*
Stephanie or other friend nearby: "Oh God, she's going into hysteria again! Get the medication!"
By Coraline
Hysteria
1.
an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc
2.
Psychoanalysis . a psychoneurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks, disturbances of sensory and motor functions, and various abnormal effects due to autosuggestion.
3.
A kick-ass Muse song.
When Angelina Jolie found out that Brad Pitt cheated on her with a flight attendant, she went into a state of complete hysteria, while listening to Hysteria by Muse and went completely fuck your own ass crazy.
Dude i turn on kerrang...i hear hysteria...i turn on xfm..i hear hysteria...evenaradio 1 plays hysteria..i like the song but its overplayed
By Dennie
Snow Hysteria
When the populace's fear of a snowstorm creates traffic jams and general panic way before any flakes even fall. Usually turns out to be a totally disproportionate response to a minor snowstorm.
Everyone is fleeing the office thanks to snow hysteria...but it isn't supposed to start snowing until 9 PM.
By Phedra
Rape Hysteria
The result of Social Justice Warriors defining everything sexual men do as rape. It devalues the term, and can cause those who have actually suffered to be lumped in with the attention seeking ideologues. That and when a man is accused of rape, he is guilty be default with no chance to explain himself of prove innocence.
This rape hysteria is getting out of hand, I was called a rapist just for saying that girl looked hot
