wiggins

See also: Wiggins

English

Etymology

Alteration of wiggings, from wig (“to be nervous or fearful”). First recorded use in 1997, in the first episode of the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Compare also wigging out.

Noun

wiggins pl (plural only)

1. (slang) The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety.
   • 1997 March 10, “Welcome to the Hellmouth”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer‎^[1], season 1, episode 1, spoken by Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar):

     We could meet someplace quieter. Louder. Uh, that place just kind of gives me the wiggins.

   • 2014, Ian Thomas Healy, Scott Bachmann, Frank Byrns, The Good Fight:

     Living in Rush's world never failed to give me the wiggins, but this time I barely noticed.