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Shpilkes

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Noun
  1. 1
    A state of impatience, agitation, or anxiety. plural, plural-only

    "This job interview tomorrow gives me shpilkes."

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שפּילקעס (shpilkes, “needles”), ultimately from a Slavic term such as Polish szpilka, which comes from Italian spilla, from Late Latin spīnula (“little thorn”).

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