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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
n.  the brain’s reaction to what Tom Wolfe calls an “all-embracing look of total acid [LSD] understanding.”

<[F]inishing off in a sailing tremulo laugh as if she has just read your brain and it is the weirdest of the weird shit ever, your brain eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.  —Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.>

eeeeeeeyayayayay eeeee.
n.  a lyric (ostensibly from “Johnny B. Goode”) sung by The Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten to the tune of “Through My Eyes,” as discussed in Exploding: The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group by Stan Cornyn.


eeeeoooo.
interj.  a cry of pain caused by terrible spiral warts, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 3 by Junji Ito.


eeeiii-eeeeee.
n.  the screech of the Golden Eagle.

<Just then Juan Salvador heard the screech of a great Golden Eagle, “EEEIII-EEEEEE!” as he went leaping, bouncing across the beautiful, open desert toward the salt flat.  —Victor Villasenor, Thirteen Senses: A Memoir.>

eeeooo.
interj.  an expression of disgust, as in response to a worm.

<“That’s for worms.”  “Eeeooo,” Raun grimaced, “you gonna put them on the hook?”  —Walt Kaufmann, “Raun.”>


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