wibbly-wobbly

wibbly-wobbly

English

Adjective

wibbly-wobbly (comparative more wibbly-wobbly, superlative most wibbly-wobbly)

1. (informal) Tending to jiggle, quiver, or fluctuate.
   • 2001, Doe Lang, Charisma: Discover and Unleash Your Hidden Powers, Fine Communications (2001), →ISBN, page 70:

     (The late S. D. Szakall and Charles Coburn of the movies had the wonderful wibbly-wobbly jowls that this exercise suggests.)

   • 2007 9 June, Steven Moffat, "Blink", episode 3-10 of Doctor Who, 00:31:15–00:37:51:

     The Doctor: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff.

   • 2009, Geri Halliwell, Ugenia Lavender, Macmillan Children's Books (2009), →ISBN, page 78:

     Her heart started to beat like a drum and her legs became two wibbly-wobbly jellies.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:wibbly-wobbly.

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• wibble-wobble