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the willies

Date: May 04 2006

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

[His stunts] gave me the willies. I don’t want to see that again.

Katie Holmes, talking about husband Tom Cruise’s stunts in his new movie Mission: Impossible 3.

Definition

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the creeps; feelings of fear

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

I saw the movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose a few weeks ago and it really gave me the willies. Religious horror movies really creep me out. They give me the willies every time I see them.

Some people get the willies from spiders and snakes, others get the willies from flying on airplanes.

In the example above, Katie Holmes is saying that she was frightened when Tom Cruise did his own stunts in Mission: Impossible 3. Movie stunts can be very dangerous, and Katie Holmes got the willies watching Tom Cruise doing dangerous things while filming the movie.

What gives you the willies?

Examples

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”’The Exorcist’ gives me the willies every time I see it.”

Winners

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	a strong feeling of nervous discomfort by hossein99
	when anything cause confusion us. by neill
	Willies are inner feelings of anguish for oneself, or another person's safety; a deep fear or fright, similar to the "butterflies" felt in a "stage-fright" speech by beginner speakers facing a pressumed "unindulging" audience. Willies are also vicarious apprehensions felt during another person's or a loved-one's risky event. by edgarius
	the willis - uneasy or nervous feelings That made me nervous by Zully Tabarez
	I think it means feelings of uneasiness. by Yanger
	feel shock and worry about somesone very much by Tina Lin
	She got scared by Lindsay
	when sth gives u the willes ,u find that unpleasant and frighten u in a way by amirbiglarbeigi
	I guess it is Feelings of uneasiness by fred. cwd
	strange feeling on back, sumthing like "ice". willies come when sumone is scaryed.. i guess :) by Zuzka
	the creeps that makes you feel nervous and slightly frightened. by danhp1