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Def Leppard's lead singer Joe Elliott feels things in his uterus when the person he's singing to is near. I think this is hysterical.

Oh, I get hysterical, hysteria
Oh can you feel it? (Oh can you feel it?)
Do you believe it? (Do you believe it?)
It's such a magical mysteria
When you get that feelin' (When you get that feelin')
Better start believin' (Better start believin')
('Cause it's a miracle, oh say you will) Ooh, babe
Hysteria when you're near

From New Latin *hysteria*, a back-formation from Latin *hystericus*, from Ancient Greek *ὑστερικός* (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from *ὑστέρα* (hustéra, “womb”).  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hysteria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaiaaar88EM&list=RD5Mln4XgMPmM&index=21

has a uterus, based on his lyrics



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