wiggins

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Wiggins^¹

proper noun

A surname.
A statutory town in Morgan County, Colorado, United States.
A city, the county seat of Stone County, Mississippi, United States.

wiggins^²

Where it comes from

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.

noun

plural, plural only, slang The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety. We could meet someplace quieter. Louder. Uh, that place just kind of gives me the wiggins.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: wigg, wiggam, wicker, wiggin, suggs, wiseman, waine, wigginton, wigger, wimbley, wimble, waid, whicker, wigley, wigington, wiegand

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@misc{wiggins_2026,
  title = {wiggins},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wiggins},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}