Going hermitile in Vietnam

Anybody hear this expression?

Going hermitile, went hermitile - going ballistic, went ballistic,
also used to mean going stir crazy or getting cabin fever.

Any other definitions?

I first heard hermitile and "going hermitile" in the 1960s,
on a ship and probably spoken by a southerner.

As in; "He got a dear john letter and went hermitile in the ville"
or, "The Chief tore up his liberty card and he went hermitile."

I can't be the only here who has heard this word or used it.

Richard Rongstad wrote:
>Anybody hear this expression?
>
>Going hermitile, went hermitile - going ballistic, went ballistic,
>also used to mean going stir crazy or getting cabin fever.
>
>Any other definitions?
>
>I first heard hermitile and "going hermitile" in the 1960s,
>on a ship and probably spoken by a southerner.
>
>As in; "He got a dear john letter and went hermitile in the ville"
>or, "The Chief tore up his liberty card and he went hermitile."
>
>I can't be the only here who has heard this word or used it.

You just might be. I never heard it, for what that's worth.

Doug

"Richard Rongstad" wrote in message
news:40228B78.262FE5C1@NOSPAMvikiingphoenix.com...
> Anybody hear this expression?
>
> Going hermitile, went hermitile - going ballistic, went ballistic,
> also used to mean going stir crazy or getting cabin fever.
>
> Any other definitions?
>
> I first heard hermitile and "going hermitile" in the 1960s,
> on a ship and probably spoken by a southerner.
>
> As in; "He got a dear john letter and went hermitile in the ville"
> or, "The Chief tore up his liberty card and he went hermitile."
>
> I can't be the only here who has heard this word or used it.

I grew up and always used HERPENTILE. Other than the difference in
pronunciation, I used the word quite a lot.

--
Dave Thompson
(The Other)

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 1808 GMT, Richard Rongstad
wrote:

>Anybody hear this expression?
>
>Going hermitile, went hermitile - going ballistic, went ballistic,
>also used to mean going stir crazy or getting cabin fever.

>I can't be the only here who has heard this word or used it.


You might be. I never heard of "hermitile."

Never heard it ...

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 1808 GMT, Richard Rongstad
wrote:

>Anybody hear this expression?
>
>Going hermitile, went hermitile - going ballistic, went ballistic,
>also used to mean going stir crazy or getting cabin fever.
>
>Any other definitions?
>
>I first heard hermitile and "going hermitile" in the 1960s,
>on a ship and probably spoken by a southerner.
>
>As in; "He got a dear john letter and went hermitile in the ville"
>or, "The Chief tore up his liberty card and he went hermitile."
>
>I can't be the only here who has heard this word or used it.