Word of the Day 06/01/16 Jimjams

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Jimjams (noun)
jimjams [jim-jamz]

noun, (used with a plural verb) Slang.
1. extreme nervousness; jitters.
2. delirium tremens.

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Origin: 1540-50; gradational compound based on jam. Cf. flimflam, jingle-jangle, etc.

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Honestly, I thought this was slang or nickname for pajamas...not being nervous!

Comments

[erinm-4600.livejournal.com]

I only know this word because Amy Adams says it in Night at the Museum 2. LOL

[guineamania.livejournal.com]

I was about to say the same thing about pajamas. That was what my parents always called them in sort of 'baby speak'

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Jimjams are pajamas here too! I'd never heard the meaning here before at all! ;-)