“I’m staying home today. I have mood poisoning”
“I’m staying home today. I have mood poisoning”—a pun on “food poisoning—is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.
“I’m staying home today! I’ve got ‘Mood’ poisoning ....” was posted on Twitter by Dania Dbaibo Darwish on March 30, 2019. “I’m staying home today. I think I have mood poisoning” was posted on Twitter by Krista on April 1, 2019. “Pic says ‘I’m staying home today, I have mood poisoning’” (shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by Alice & Boogles on May 25, 2019. The saying probably originated on an image.
“I got mood poisoning. Must have been something I hate” and “I got mood poisoning at work. It must be something I hate” are similar sayings.
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Dania Dbaibo Darwish
@DDDania
I’m staying home today!
I’ve got “Mood” poisoning ....
1:44 PM · Mar 30, 2019·Twitter Web Client
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Krista
@Kristasunshine1
I’m staying home today. I think I have mood poisoning.
9:16 AM · Apr 1, 2019·Twitter for Android
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Alice & Boogles - Had shots, hot to trot
@Wooden_MariaGO
Pic says “I’m staying home today, I have mood poisoning”
I can’t even use Facebook because someone pushed me too far, I’m taking a break. But the sadness, the paranoia, and the palpable pain of being treated like that by someone I was always so kind to
I don’t know how to recover
10:21 AM · May 25, 2019 from Malton, England·Twitter for Android
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Dev
@deniz946001
Stayin home today
I have mood poisoning
5:52 AM · Aug 14, 2020·Twitter for Android
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Dev
@deniz946001
Stayin home today, I’ve mood poisoning
5:39 AM · Jan 17, 2021·Twitter Web App
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El Arroyo
@ElArroyo_ATX
And a mild sunburn
(The following text is shown on the restaurant’s sign.—ed>)
I’M STAYING
HOME TODAY
I HAVE
MOOD POISONING
12:28 PM · Jun 14, 2021·IFTTT