Etymology

wiggins

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Today it means: The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety. Full definition →

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The story

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.