Soff Vocabulary: "The Spookums" (noun) 

A condition in which the afflicteds body is viscerally reacting to a thing by forcing them to involuntarily shake and shiver with adrenaline despite being perfectly safe and fine in their present situation.

Examples:
"That thunderclap gave my dog the spookums real bad. Poor thing!"

"Y-y-yeah I'm-m hon-honestl-ly j-just f-fine j-just g-got the s-sp-spookumm-ms, i-ittt'l p-pa-pass-ss."

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re: Soff Vocabulary: "The Spookums" (noun) 

@mawr Taxonomically speaking, how would you say this relates to the jibblies?

re: Soff Vocabulary: "The Spookums" (noun) 

@zebratron2084
Oooh! Good question! I'd say they're firmly in the same body-reaction-type category but definitely distinct feelings.

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