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wiggy

American  
[wig-ee] / ˈwɪg i /

adjective

Slang.
wiggier, wiggiest
  1. crazy or eccentric.

  2. crazed or delirious.


Etymology

Origin of wiggy

First recorded in 1810–20; wig + -y 1


Example Sentences

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"They looked wiggy and fake. Even some of the real hair ones looked awful quality."

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2023

But even fans of that wiggy early period of Peacock tend to be ignorant of her records from the eighties.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 5, 2018

However, before things start turning truly wiggy, events conspire to drive John and Laura to invite Anna to move in with them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2016

Not that analytics’ numbers are wiggy but they are to mainstream NBA thought what the Marx Brothers comedies were to the 1930s.

From Forbes ● Jun. 23, 2014

That disgusting Bittridge has been here with his horrid wiggy old mother, and momma let him take Ellen to the theatre.

From The Kentons by William Dean Howells

Let's put it this way: Jessica Lange, playing the battily malicious neighbor of a troubled California family, is wiggier than she ever has been.

From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2011

It’s the feel-good, lose-yourself record of the year for the wiggiest among us dancing through sweaty, Saturday night mosh pits.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

On campus, where it once was squaresville to flip for the rock scene, it now is the wiggiest of kicks.

From Time Magazine Archive

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