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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."
"FRANTIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC"
Frantic by El Chocho April 11, 2010
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Frantic-Gangsta-Typing-Syndrome 

A very serious, irritating, mental disorder in which a person not only speaks impaired english, but types and writes it as well.

Occurs most commonly in 14-19 year old African American males commenting on "Fat Joe" videos on Youtube.
("Fat Joe-What's Love" Youtube comments)

zac4lyfxx: i luv diz song
but do u relli no wat love iz
cuz der iz ppl i luv and dey dnt no
or do dey?
xxzac4lyfxx

deedeeXD34: Huh?

MartinVice08: Just ignore him, he's got Frantic-gangsta-typing-syndrome.

deedeeXD34: omfg...im sooooo sry...

frantic franny 

Someone who gets overly hysterical about the dumbest things ever that don't even matter.
Tiffany: Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! I'm missing my make up bag.
Zack: Settle down frantic franny. Its not the end of the world.
frantic franny by superbipolar420 January 28, 2016

frantic snack 

A lesbian quickie, usually performed under a time constraint.
Hailey and Josie frequently choose a frantic snack over being on time to class.
frantic snack by Londonerer May 20, 2014

frantic snacking 

A quickie involving lesbian oral sex.
Frantic snacking is the number one reason for tardiness at my university.
frantic snacking by EnglishMajor April 12, 2014

Frantic cursive

When you realise you are running time on a project and the stress makes your body go into hypre-mode, causing you to write in scribbles.
A: Any idea what this drug is?
B: Idk, the doctor was writing with frantic cursive or something
Frantic cursive by cucumber clock September 8, 2022

Frantic Research 

Used in a student setting: Response you would give to someone knocking on the door while you are in the middle of masturbating.
knock knock knock
Person 1: What are you doing in there?
Person 2: Uuuhhh ugghh errr....nothing dude.....just doing some frantic research!
Frantic Research by thephantomwang December 1, 2010
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