jiggy, a.
Brit. /{sm}d{zh}{shti}gi/, U.S. /{sm}d{zh}{shti}gi/ [< JIG n.1 + -Y1.]
1. U.S. slang. a. Jittery, fidgety; trembling, esp. as the
result of drug withdrawal. Also in extended use.
1896 Century Mag. May 13/1 The saddle was scarcely fastened, and his
jiggy animal so shook him that the center of one of his Egyptian
orders dropped out and was lost. 1931 Detective Action July 41, I
ain’t had a shot for two days… I’m jiggy. 1983 L. D. STAPLETON
Thirty Years on Line 26 By midnight he was getting a little jiggy. The
phone rang and he almost jumped out of his boots. 1991 R. F. RADFORD &
J. CROWLEY Drug Agent U.S.A. 6 If I was too jiggy to hold the syringe,
he’d shoot me up. 1997 Inc. Jan. 38/2 The first two days she made
$14,000; the next three, she lost $12,000. ‘The market got really
jiggy on me.’
b. Mentally agitated or disturbed; crazy.
1933 Amer. Mercury Mar. 343 Jones broke up his furniture last night…
He’s gone completely jiggy. 1987 Boston Globe 21 Feb., John Bottoms is
funny and unsettling as a crazy patient, and there are hypnotic
moments of jiggy paranoia from Harriet Harris, Nestor Serrano, Isabell
Monk and Harry S. Murphy. 1995 Boston Globe (Electronic ed.) 6 July 6
Cheap Eats… I admit that I got a little jiggy going into Dodge
Street Bar & Grill… The red snapper was $12.95{em}over the Cheap
Eats limit. I plead temporary insanity.
c. Excitedly energetic or uninhibited, often in a sexual manner;
to get jiggy: to engage in sexual activity.
1997 W. SMITH Gettin’ Jiggy wit It (song), I go psycho when my new
joint hit Just can’t sit Gotta get jiggy wit it. 1998 Los Angeles
Times 17 May E1 Latin groovers get jiggy at the mercury hot Conga
Room. 2000 Cosmopolitan June 194/2 Jason Biggs..was last seen getting
jiggy with an apple tart in American Pie. 2002 Loaded July 120 ‘What
do blokes have to do to get jiggy with you?’ Make me laugh. Buy me a
drink. Dance with me. I hate men who don’t dance.
2. Music. Being or resembling a jig; having a lively or irregular rhythm.
1898 Catholic World Mar. 766, I feel an irresistible desire to execute
a few steps across the room to the jiggy melody. 1921 G. BRADFORD Let.
13 Nov. (1934) 89 The couplet{em}but one has only to think of Pope and
the couplet to see the ridicule of associating it with the Song of
Roland. Scott’s octosyllabics are too jiggy 1960 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore
73 371 (advt.) Jingles, riddles, game songs, lullabies, jiggy tunes
and silly ballads. 1995 H. FIELDING in Independent (Nexis) 16 Apr. 54
It was not ballroom dancing but jiggy dancing{em}verging on the
reckless.
3. U.S. slang. Attractive; stylish; wonderful.
1996 Source Aug. 36/1 Bikinis, barbecues, beaches and jiggy honeys are
the order of the day. 1998 Washington Post 29 Apr. D1 Jiggy, stylish,
with flair, fly. 2003 Vibe Feb. 39 To judge by the videos..gleaming
lollipop paint jobs and 24-inch customized rims are now increasingly
competing with jiggy female flesh as the eye candy.
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