When something keeps bothering a person and makes him nervous, he may say: “It gives me the ________.”
| WILLIES | 362 |
| CREEPS | 315 |
| JITTERS | 192 |
| HEEBIE-JEEBIES | 154 |
| JIMMIES | 29 |
| NR | 23 |
| ALL-OVERS | 22 |
| FIDGETS | 16 |
| SHIVERS | 13 |
| WOOLLIES | 11 |
| JIMJAMS | 10 |
| SHAKES | 9 |
| CHILLS | 4 |
| ITCH | 4 |
| WIM-WAMS | 4 |
| BLUES | 3 |
| HIBBIE-JIBBIES | 3 |
| JIGGERS | 3 |
| PAIN | 3 |
| PIP | 3 |
| COLLYWOBBLES | 2 |
| FITS | 2 |
| HEADACHE | 2 |
| HIBBIES | 2 |
| JEEBIES | 2 |
| PAIN IN THE ASS | 2 |
| PAIN IN THE NECK | 2 |
| QUIVERS | 2 |
| RICKETS | 2 |
| ANGRY FEELING | 1 |
| BLOCKS | 1 |
| BUTTERFLIES | 1 |
| CRAMP | 1 |
| CREEPERS | 1 |
| CREEPY FEELING | 1 |
| DITHERS | 1 |
| EERIE FEELING | 1 |
| FANTODS | 1 |
| FIDGIE-GIBBETS | 1 |
| FIT | 1 |
| GETS MY GOAT | 1 |
| GOOSE BUMPS | 1 |
| GOOSE PIMPLES | 1 |
| GREEBIE-JEEBIES | 1 |
| HE FELT REAL SCRATCHY ABOUT IT | 1 |
| HIBBIE-JEEBIES | 1 |
| HIVES | 1 |
| HORRORS | 1 |
| IT GETS ON MY NERVES | 1 |
| IT PUT NEEDLES IN MY BLOOD | 1 |
| ITCHES | 1 |
| JEEMIES | 1 |
| JEEPERS | 1 |
| JIBBIES | 1 |
| JIMINY FITS | 1 |
| JUMP JEHASOPHAT | 1 |
| NERVOUS ITCH | 1 |
| PAIN IN MY ASS | 1 |
| PAIN IN THE BELLY | 1 |
| PIPS | 1 |
| QUEASY FEELING | 1 |
| SCREAMING MIMIES | 1 |
| SHITS | 1 |
| SHUDDERS | 1 |
| START | 1 |
| UNCANNY FEELING | 1 |
| UNCERTAIN FEELING | 1 |
| UNEASY FEELING | 1 |
| WEEPING WILLY | 1 |
| WEEPS | 1 |
| WHAMMIES | 1 |
| WIERDEST FEELING | 1 |
| WIGGLES | 1 |
| WILLIE-JEEBIES | 1 |
| WILLY-NILLIES | 1 |
| WOOZIE | 1 |
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