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rustle someone's jimmies

rustle someone's jimmies verb: to bother someone; to make someone feel upset.

Verb

rustle someone's jimmies (third-person singular simple present rustles someone's jimmies, present participle rustling someone's jimmies, simple past and past participle rustled someone's jimmies)

  1. (Internet) To bother someone; to make someone feel upset.
    • It really rustles my jimmies when my roommate blasts his stereo all day.
    • […] have a nice talk with your roommate about how it really rustles your jimmies when they slam the door after their 3 a.m. bathroom trip every night.2012, Brenton Woodward, "How to live with a total stranger", Arizona Summer Wildcat (University of Arizona), 25 July 2012 - 31 July 2012, page 30
  2. (Internet) To interest or excite sexually or romantically.
    • It's not that my wide feet are so irresistibly sexy that no man could keep his hands off them — trust me, they're not — but there's just something about feet that really rustles his jimmies.2014 March 5, Hamarita Jones, “Fetishes, kinks, and paraphilias, oh my!”, in The Cascade, University of the Fraser Valley, page 13
    • Should I try find love with someone who really rustles my jimmies?2014, "True love Tracey", letter to "Letters To The Ductus Doctor", Ductus (University of Newcastle), Edition 2 (2014), page 37

Synonyms of rustle someone's jimmies

Forms of rustle someone's jimmies

third-person singular presentrustles someone's jimmies
present participlerustling someone's jimmies
past participlerustled someone's jimmies
pastrustled someone's jimmies

Origin of rustle someone's jimmies

First attested in 2009 (see Citations:rustle someone's jimmies).

Questions about rustle someone's jimmies

What does rustle someone's jimmies mean?
Rustle someone's jimmies means to bother someone; to make someone feel upset.
What part of speech is rustle someone's jimmies?
Rustle someone's jimmies is a verb.
What is the past tense of rustle someone's jimmies?
The past tense of rustle someone's jimmies is rustled someone's jimmies.

Words near rustle someone's jimmies in the dictionary

  1. rustings
  2. Rustins
  3. rustique
  4. rustle
  5. rustle someone's jim-jams
  6. rustle someone's jimmies
  7. rustle time
  8. rustle up
  9. rustled
  10. rustled someone's jimmies
  11. rustled up

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