Frantic

The first track of heavy metal band Metallica's eighth studio album, "St. Anger". The song's lyrics deal with personal struggle and addiction, as well as the Buddhist principle of dukkha.

This song is particularly notable for its chorus, in which singer James Hetfield growls the word "Frantic", followed by repeating the syllable "tic" six times per line, finishing with the utterance of "tock", mimicking the sound of a ticking clock.

This chorus has been recognized by online communities for its repetitiveness, and has been the subject of several edited videos in which Hetfield repeats the "tic" syllable indefinitely, similar to "the best," a meme built off of "Best of You" by the Foo Fighters. This is unofficially known as the "Frantic Roll."

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Franticity

A propensity for easily becoming frantic, or being in a frantic state; a more correct way to say "franticness"

"She's prone to frequent bouts of franticity I'm afraid, as is typical of high-strung girls like her.

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Franticism

The word franticism became popular in 2012 due to the overwhelming frantic state of women. It is a hyped up state of worriedness and stress that is often not necessary. The word was first used by a Dallasite who has been known to unexpectedly go into a whirlwind of over thinking and pre planning for things that are not even close to fruition.

"Candice is in a state of franticism again over nothing."

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The Frantic

a band of punk rock kids, composed of brett, ian, kyle, and chris

The Frantic a band of punk rock kids, composed of brett, ian, kyle, and chris

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franticizing

verb, frantically running around like a chicken with its head cut off for no good reason. Creating a sense of urgency when there is nothing to be urgent about. This action usually causes stress to everyone in the near vicinity who was initially feeling calm.

My boss is always franticizing about some deadline or another.

We still had 3 weeks until the party, yet Margie would not stop franticizing about the small last minute details.

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frantical

a great deal more than frantically

*WAVES FRANTICAL*

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Frantical

A way of explaining how tough someone does something. Like if someone was frantically running down the stairs, they're making a lot of noise in the process and maybe stamping their feet. It means someone is doing something angrily

Eliza: why are you running down the stairs so frantically
Aqeela: because I'm mad.

Or
Eliza: Why are you riding your bike so frantically
Aqeela: because I'm mad and I'm trying to get home fast.

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