What is the definition of the ebe-gee-bees ebee geebees e-b-gee-bees eb gee bees e-b-gee-bees eb-gee-bees or eebeegeebees you believe it means to be spooked in fear or given the creeps?

Answer 1

This is a colloquial term, and my understanding of being given: 'the ebe-gee-bees' or 'the eb-gee-bees' is to be frightened, spooked or given the creeps by something, someone or an unexplained or eerie occurrence This would usually be associated with an unusual situation that would be unfamiliar or unknown to the affected individual and for which they can find no reasonable or logical explanation. Perhaps an example of this could be in a haunted property where a feeling of severe unease comes across a person, sending shivers down the spine, a tingling feeling running throughout the whole nervous system and a chilled sensation in the air where they stand. Therefore, in this situation the affected individual would say something like: "This place really gives be the ebe-gee-bees".

There seems to be no standardised way of spelling this phrase as I have found several other ways of spelling it: heebe geebees, heebe jeebes, heebee jeebies, heebeegeebees, heebie-jeebies, heebiejeebies in the Urban Dictionary, >>> as well as those I've listed above: ebe-gee-bees, ebee geebees, e-b-ge-bees, eb gee bees, e-b-gee-bees, eb-gee-bees & eebeegeebees and probably a whole lot more besides! However, the most likely spelling of this invented term seems to be "heebie-jeebies" as described by this site: www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-hee1.htm