The speed of take-up of heebie jeebies, in a similar way to another coinage that is attributed to DeBeck -
horsefeathers - does suggest an
Kaynak: Heebie-jeebies (idiom)phrases into the English language —including “sweet mama”, “
horsefeathers”, “heebie-jeebies”, “hotsy-totsy” and “Who has seen the doodle bug?”
Kaynak: Barney Google and Snuffy Smitha mild slang phrase of the time used in the same way as
horsefeathers , i.e. "nonsense "), their father, Cole Oyl, and Castor's estranged
Kaynak: Olive OylOver the years, DeBeck was credited with introducing more neologism s and catchphrase s, such as "heebie-jeebies ", "
horsefeathers ", "
Kaynak: Billy DeBeck