What Is “Giddy”?
If you’ve ever seen more than a few episodes of Seinfeld, then you’ll know that the character Cosmo Kramer will often say “giddy up” when something is awesome and/or is in his favour.
I see a lot of my own characteristics in Kramer, and I found that “giddy up” made me feel positive and happy.
So, it became a catch phrase of mine.
The definition of giddy can be found below. Although, I define giddy a little differently.
To me, it means awesome, great, fantastic, superb. Giddy up means almost exactly the same thing; sometimes I may use giddy up when accepting and answer from someone.
Example:
Me: What kind of candy are we getting?
Pierre: I have some Junior Mints and those liquid Starbursts you like.
Me: Giddy up!
I hope that explains my giddyness (yes, I prefer to write it with a ‘y’ rather than an ‘i’ like the film title The Pursuit of Happyness) to everyone. If you have any questions, comment below.
Giddy, as stated by The New Oxford American Dictionary, is as follows:
gid•dy |ˈgɪdi|
adjective ( -dier, -diest )
having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy : I felt giddy and had to steady myself | Luke felt almost giddy with relief.
• disorienting and alarming, but exciting : he has risen to the giddy heights of master.
• excitable and frivolous : her giddy young sister-in-law.
verb ( -dies, -died ) [ trans. ]
make (someone) feel excited to the point of disorientation : [as adj. ] the giddying speed of the revolving doors.DERIVATIVES
gid•di•ly |ˈgidəlē| |ˈgɪd1li| adverb
gid•di•ness |ˈgɪdin1s| nounORIGIN Old English gidig [insane,] literally ‘possessed by a god,’ from the base of God . Current senses date from late Middle English .
I definitely love the ORIGIN; possessed by a god. I feel it, baby! I am Zeus! Hehe! Oh, and insane!
It’s fun to follow the search term for giddy on Twitter.
See giddy tweets just from me.