Meanings
happies1
- informalpluralplural onlyrareThe act or state of being happy; happiness.
“Jes.” Espinoza’s smile is that of a man incubating a major case of the happies. “Will feel even better tomorrow, Doaktore.”
2000 March, Larry Karp, chapter 19, in Scamming the Birdman (A Thomas Purdue Mystery; 2), Aurora, Colo.: Write Way Publishing, →ISBN, page 1592 more examples
The word “Bowiemania” appeared in the language, and when we alighted at Charing Cross Station from the train bringing us home from Paris, screaming teens by the hundreds swooned and swarmed. That kind of thing can get your blood going, and it certainly gave me a case of the happies.
1993, Angela Bowie with Patrick Carr, “Sayonara, Spiders from Mars”, in Backstage Passes: Life on the Wild Side with David Bowie, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 190God, by definition, is thinking of me. The merchant of mistrust dismisses these words as hyperbole and remains grim, sullen, fearful. The trusting disciple receives them and has an attack of the happies.
2000 October, Brennan Manning, “The Way of Trust”, in Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin’s Path to God, [San Francisco, Calif.]: HarperSanFrancisco, →ISBN, page 8
happies2
- pluralplural of happy
happies3
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of happy
Origin
happies · verb
From happy (verb) + -s (third-person singular suffix).
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