heebie-jeebies, Barney Google,

heebie-jeebies

Syllabification: (hee·bie-jee·bies)

Pronunciation: /ˌhēbē ˈjēbēz/

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noun

(the heebie-jeebies) informal

• a state of nervous fear or anxiety:it takes a lot more than a measly poltergeist to give me the heebie-jeebies

Origin:

1920s: coined by W. B. DeBeck (1890–1942), American cartoonist, in his comic strip Barney Google

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