cowboy fever, also sometimes called "mad cowboy disease" refers to a group of people who are madly in love with cowboys– specifically michael nesmith and/or stephen stills. this illness is to not be taken lightly, as the causes and affects are irreversible. once one is stricken with cowboy fever, there is no turning back. they will now live and die for cowboys. common symptoms are obsessively talking about michael nesmith or stephen stills, having a camera roll filled with cowboy pictures, listening to country and/or folk rock. there are many other symptoms that begin to deteriorate ones mind, leaving them completely incapsulated by cowboys. NOTE: cowboy fever is extremely infectious!!
bella: MICHAEL NESMITH!?!>#@$?#>#$!#?!>$
mimi: wait what
val: oh she has cowboy fever
mimi: oh - uh shit i think i might be coming down with cowboy fever too ...