wiggins en · NOUN
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only, slang) The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety.
Living in Rush's world never failed to give me the wiggins, but this time I barely noticed.
2014, Ian Thomas Healy, Scott Bachmann, Frank Byrns, The Good Fight:We could meet someplace quieter. Louder. Uh, that place just kind of gives me the wiggins.
1997 March 10, “Welcome to the Hellmouth”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar):