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Definition of give the fidgets
give the fidgets
noun
- a sense of unease or of dread and the need to either get away or have whoever/whatever is causing "the fidgets" to go away. This feeling is based (sometimes) on some past experience with person or place but not always.
When I hear people talk about their missionary work, I get the fidgets.
I imagine it has some relation to the fight or flight reflex; or what Gavin De Becker, who deals with personal security issues for celebrities and corporations, believes woman need to pay more attention to - "the gift of fear". I have no idea what the origin of the term is. I heard a man use it when I was a kid and it just stuck.Last edited on May 31 2017. Submitted by changshafu on May 30 2017.
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| Definitions include: meaning caring about everything. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "don't give a fuck." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit." | |
| Definitions include: to give up or to show weakness. | |
| Definitions include: to care. | |
| Definitions include: to give bad advice. | |
| Definitions include: to care. | |
| Definitions include: to care. | |
| Definitions include: "give a fuck". | |
| Definitions include: to care. | |
| Definitions include: to care. | |
| Definitions include: to care. | |
| Definitions include: to applaud. | |
| Definitions include: to beat up. | |
| Definitions include: to care a tiny amount, always used in the negative | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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