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2/25/09

Brit' Word of the Day

Today's BWOTD is one the Hubster has decided he is going to use!

"He was creepy and just gave me the collywobbles"

'Collywobbles' = spine-tinglingly scary/scared

I am reliably informed that the American equivalent of this is to have the 'heebie jeebies'!

17 comments:

  1. The Antiques Diva™February 25, 2009 at 12:25 AM

    Collywobbles is so much better than heebie jeebies!!!

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  2. KayFebruary 25, 2009 at 2:06 AM

    I like collywobbles much better than heebie jeebies. I do! I wonder what a colly is. But then again, I don't know what a heebie is either. :-0

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  3. CelineFebruary 25, 2009 at 4:56 AM

    I love that new word!
    One more to add to my vocab! ^^

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 5:42 AM

    Gosh - it's been ages since I've heard that expression... Gotta use it today somehow...

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  5. karenFebruary 25, 2009 at 6:15 AM

    i'm loving the BWOTD!! i grew up with so many of them, being a british colonist haha! :-)

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  6. Jill of All TradesFebruary 25, 2009 at 6:32 AM

    I love that one. May have to use it.

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  7. Tess KincaidFebruary 25, 2009 at 7:30 AM

    Collywobbles is just too cute! I've got to start using it, too!

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  8. DeniseinVAFebruary 25, 2009 at 7:39 AM

    I haven't heard that in a donkey's age :) Going to use it next time son comes over. Every now and again an old English phrase slips out and takes him by surprise, with the ensuing question, "What's that mean?"

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  9. DarylFebruary 25, 2009 at 8:16 AM

    Or 'a sense of impending doom' ... as a former co-worker loved to say whenever we went to a staff meeting...

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  10. SherriFebruary 25, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    Well that is certainly a new one for me Sarah! I might have to use that today at some point. I agree with Kay heebie jeebies is over used!

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  11. Betsy Banks AdamsFebruary 25, 2009 at 8:55 AM

    Great word I've never heard, Sarah... I'll try to remember it everytime I get the 'heebie jeebies'!!!
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  12. Sassy BritchesFebruary 25, 2009 at 9:01 AM

    Haha! The MINUTE I read the first line I thought, "sounds like the heebie jeebies!" And sure enough! I'll have to try this one out!

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  13. AmandaFebruary 25, 2009 at 9:38 AM

    I love it. I am so going to use that one!

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 10:47 AM

    Sarah I love your blog especiallt BWOTD. I have read alot of your blogs and they are fab. LOve the one about the health system and going to the doctors and asking ahout some drug lol. How long have you lived in the US? Have you still got your british accent?. Just wanted to say its great reading your blog, you do a great job.

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  15. GaelynFebruary 25, 2009 at 10:21 PM

    Collywobbles. It sounds great rolling off my tongue. However, I like heebie jeebies also.

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  16. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2009 at 8:59 AM

    I like it! I've got to remember to use that sometime.

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  17. Iota March 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM

    Didn't there used to be a cartoon strip about tiny people called the Colly Wobbles?

    To me, it has more of a sense of being nervous (eg before an exam) rather than being creeped out (eg in a haunted house). But it's not a word I use very often!

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