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cabin fever

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cabin fever
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.

cabin fever
n
Chiefly Canadian acute depression resulting from being isolated or sharing cramped quarters in the wilderness, esp during the long northern winter


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Jack Nicholson comes down with a severe case of cabin fever in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 classic ``The Shining,'' meeting ghosts in a haunted hotel and inspiring his son to look into a future full of ``redrum.
It may not cure cabin fever, but it beats the smell of wet dog any day.
Waterways will soon be frozen over and cabin fever will set in.
 
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