rustle someone's jimmies

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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 slang) To bother someone; to make someone feel upset.

   It really rustles my jimmies when my roommate blasts his stereo all day.

   • 2012, Brenton Woodward, "How to live with a total stranger", Arizona Summer Wildcat (University of Arizona), 25 July 2012 - 31 July 2012, page 30:

     […] 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 August 30, Shelby Chiasson, “Editor expresses distastes at religious intolerance”, in The Johnsonian, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, page 6:

     What really rustles my jimmies is when others attempt to force their beliefs on others.

   • 2019, "The Best Advice Column", The Irvington (Irvington High School, Fremont, CA), 1 February 2019, page 18:

     The briny pickle juice really rustles my jimmies.

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2. (Internet slang) To interest or excite sexually and/or romantically.
   • 2014 March 5, Hamarita Jones, “Fetishes, kinks, and paraphilias, oh my!”, in The Cascade, University of the Fraser Valley, page 13:

     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, "True love Tracey", letter to "Letters To The Ductus Doctor", Ductus (University of Newcastle), Edition 2 (2014), page 37:

     Should I try find love with someone who really rustles my jimmies?

   • 2017 February, The Moot Times, University of Calgary, page 3:

     And what, I'm sure you're asking, rustles the jimmies of a highly discerning [turtle] bachelor such as myself? I'm looking for a delectable woman who is interested in long, painfully slow walks on the beach, being dazzled by my utterly stunning shell, and mercilessly abandoning any children of our union to be devoured by birds while they desperately try to scramble from land to the water immediately after hatching.

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Synonyms

• rustle someone's jim-jams
• ruffle some feathers