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93 Heebie-Jeebies (Stephanie Fuccio)

The Vocab Man - Fluent Vocabulary

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Heb Jibs - The Origin of Heb JBS

Hebe jbs was coined back in 19 23 by a comic illustrator billy de beck. It's used when you think of the past and explain to somebody else, usually how creeped out you were because the situation was creepy. Heb g bs is whatever physical reaction you have when there's something that creepy that happens. So obviously you wouldn't use it during that creepy experience. Usually, you would use it later on when you're telling that story. For example, two weeks later, you would be telling your friends the story of looking in the mirror and seeing that person that wasn't there. And you'd say, ah, man, it gave me the hebe

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