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Word of the Day: Collywobbles
- Thread starter Ruthanne
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Pappy
Living the Dream
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- Florida (transplanted New Yorker.)
Use to be me every time I had to give a book review in school. I told my teacher, I can’t do it because it gives me the collywobbles...she whacked me with a ruler. 
I'm sorry you have had to struggle with collywobbles. I do know what that's like as I have panic attacks at times. No fun at all are they!
Me, too, Ruthanne, I remember enduring panic attacks over walking to school as a kid, and for no reason. Even to this day I experience panic attacks leading up to leaving the house to go shopping. Crazy, makes no sense whatsoever to me.
I know how disconcerting they can be and yes they do last long for me too. I also get them when I'm going to meet someone new. Oh, collywobbles, please end.
jujube
SF VIP
I took my collie out for a walk today but we both got the wobbles, so we came home.
My husband says getting a case of the Wobbles can be caused by one too many wobbly-pops.
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
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- Los Angeles Suburbs
Never heard the word before, but it's a good one! With all that's going on these days, collywobbles have to be a more common occurrence than usual.
RadishRose
SF VIP
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- Connecticut, USA
I've never heard of collywobbles, but wollycobbles, yes.
Treacle
Senior Member
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- Swindon Wiltshire UK
So sorry @Aunt Marg but understand.
I have suffered anxiety all my life. Haven't been out for a long time but when I do I have to 'gear' myself up to do it. Visits to the 'facilities' before I go out are numerous because of my anxiety. 
Treacle
Senior Member
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- Swindon Wiltshire UK
Think my grandmother used to say something like 'you will get the collywobbles if you eat too much of .........' but I've heard it used as 'the dentist (or whoever), gives me collywobbles' 
hollydolly
SF VIP
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- London England
Collywobbles is a good, well used word in the UK.
I used to always get the collywobbles if I took a ride on the big wheel at the fair
I used to always get the collywobbles if I took a ride on the big wheel at the fair
Words that sound like and describe what your feeling are ONOMATOPOEIAS
(I knew it existed, but it took me over ten minutes to find it on Goggle)
So Collwobbles, describes a jumping, straining, upset stomach sending signals
'something isn't right.'
It is a onomatopoeia, that is a dumb word, don't you think, do we really need it?
(I knew it existed, but it took me over ten minutes to find it on Goggle)
So Collwobbles, describes a jumping, straining, upset stomach sending signals
'something isn't right.'
It is a onomatopoeia, that is a dumb word, don't you think, do we really need it?
Like Word of the Day...
I would like to add a word that is useless, I doubt any of us have ever used it, nor can we define it.
If we can't use it, what in the world is the word for:
INCAPACITATION-removing people from the community (criminals)..
We need a thread for words that make us sound smarter than we are, but are totally
useless. If people cannot define the word, what is it for?
I've spent 25 years in and around criminals, been in a lot of prisons and jails-
I have never heard Incapacitation spoken, nor written. What is it for?
I would like to add a word that is useless, I doubt any of us have ever used it, nor can we define it.
If we can't use it, what in the world is the word for:
INCAPACITATION-removing people from the community (criminals)..
We need a thread for words that make us sound smarter than we are, but are totally
useless. If people cannot define the word, what is it for?
I've spent 25 years in and around criminals, been in a lot of prisons and jails-
I have never heard Incapacitation spoken, nor written. What is it for?
Looking at it on the positive side, Keesha, getting a run of the collywobbles is better than getting the runs!
I must say, Jerry, your post has incapacitated me!
As far as I'm concerned, I think we need all of the dumb, complicated, and unknown words that we can conjure-up and spit out!
That is what keeps me here!
Sliverfox
Well-known Member
I get the collywobbles before going to a new dentist.
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
- Location
- Los Angeles Suburbs
Heck, I get the collywobbles before going to ANY dentist!
JaniceM
Well-known Member
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- still lost between two shores..
Is that something like "butterflies" or "butterflies in the stomach"?