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"have kittens" is a correct and usable phrase in written English, usually referring to someone who has become very anxious or stressed about something.
Example: "When she heard the news, she felt like she was about to have kittens."
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have kittens
verb
To become extremely upset.
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We have kittens every single time we do a screening.
The paper's new owner, Sir Ray Tindle, told his reporters: "No cat should have kittens in Tenby without us knowing about it".The term "hyperlocal news" was not much used in those days, but that is what Sir Ray was up to.
But since your detractors can't have kittens any more, you get something in return: glee.
Today it is an empty shell for stray cats to have kittens in.
"We're hoping to have kittens ready by 2003," he said by phone from Syracuse.
12 min A bustling run from Olisadebe nearly causes the Korean defence to have kittens, but Kim Tae-young is on hand to clear the danger.
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A Thierry Mugler outfit from 1997 suggests that he was dabbling in androgyny decades after he was presumed to have recanted his earlier professions of bisexuality, albeit so subtly you'd barely notice: Mugler's suit is straightforward and beautifully cut, the shirt comes with a collar pin, but the shoes that accompany them have kitten heels.
But editors had kittens.
Er, Kim Kardashian has kittens.
The photographer is having kittens.
"We have a cat that just had kittens," she said.
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