2006-10-08 12:55:48 · 2 answers · asked by Una terra promessa 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Well you probably mean heebie-jeebies (you should have used it in a sentence). That was a word coined in the 1940s by a cartoonist (Billy Debeck). If you have the "heebie-jeebees" then you have "the creeps" that is something is scaring you or making you feel weird.
He coined the term based on an expression already in use: "Bejeezus" comes from a mild oath (swearing) "by Jesus" and was altered so that users could not actually "take the name in vain" just like "gawd" and "jeez". Then: "You scared the living daylights out of me" or you scared a person's soul out of them, became "you scared the bejeezus out of me!" So... then Billy has altered that something in you: bejeezus, that can get scared out of you, into something in you that feels creepy --- heebie-jeebies.
2006-10-08 13:23:12 · answer #1 · answered by Gidgee Bubu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you either mean bejeezus or heebejeebies.
1. if something scares the bejeezus out of you, it basically scares the crap out of you.
2. heebiejeebies are when you feel all creepy or shivery, like when the hair on the back of you neck stands up.
2006-10-08 12:59:16 · answer #2 · answered by x plug in baby xo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋