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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

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These are just a few of the powerhouse names at the core of Apple TV+’s wiggy comedy series “Palm Royale.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2024

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

From BBC Jan. 29, 2023

Daylight Matters is as melodic as her earlier work, but possessed of the captivating looseness of her 2016 album Crab Day and her wiggy collaborations with Tim Presley as Drinks.

From The Guardian Apr. 8, 2019

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

Billy Pringle he lay down and died, Betty Pringle she lay down and cried, So there was an end of one, two, and three, Billy Pringle he, Betty Pringle she, and the piggy wiggy wee.

From The Baby's Bouquet A Fresh Bunch of Rhymes and Tunes by Crane, Walter

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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