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Do you know the etymology of the words "willies" "heebyjeebies"
or the
"flaming abdabs?
sincerely curious, satoria from los angeles
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re The Flaming AbdabsGoogle says: In this issue, The Amazing Drain Bamage pays homage to Bob Cloze, the man whose guitar playing gave new meaning to the phrase "utterly forgettable", whose stage presence gave new meaning to the word "unremarkable", and whose singing abilities have come to define "negligible".
Bop Close, the man who was responsible for at least two of the band's many unexceptional and better forgotten names. [1]
[1] such as The Abdabs, The Screaming Abdabs, The Raging Abdabs, Rage Against the Abdabs, The Extra Crispy Abdabs, The Non-Descript Abdabs, The Abdab Abdabs, The Baghdad Abdabs ... "http://snipurl.com/gillre heebie-jeebiesWorld Wide Words says: Q] From A Jaye Costine: “Would you know the origin of heebie-jeebies, for a state of nervous depression or anxiety?”
[A] It seems pretty certain that it was invented about 1923 by the American cartoonist Billy De Beck. Its first appearance was in one of his Barney Google cartoons in the New York American on 26 October 1923, though there it was spelled heeby-jeeby. Where it came from, apart from his fevered imagination, is open to question. There was a dance at about the same time, and a song in 1926, both said to have originated from Native American witch-doctor chants before human sacrifices. But the dance and the song both seem to be later than the first appearance of the phrase. Mr De Beck, by the way, is also known for other bits of now obsolescent or obsolete slang, such as hotsy-totsy and horsefeathers. But heebie-jeebies has survived to become part of the standard language."http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-hee1.htmre williesDrawing on blank on that, satoria. All the Dictionaries I've seen say: "Origin unknown".
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and here's what Quinion [worldwidewords] has to say about the "screaming abdabs.", in case you're still wonderin'.. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-scr1.htm
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