tv. to affect one deeply in a specific way. (Usually accompanied with a hand gesture showing exactly where one is affected: the heart = lovingly, the stomach or bowels = sickeningly.) : Pete clasped his hand to his chest and said, “That sort of thing gets me right here.”
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Gets one right hereis always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.