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Incorrect pronounciation of the term gigawatt, said in the Back to the Future movie.
1.21 Jigowatts! 1.21 Jigowatts!
jigowatt by Billy Givens May 13, 2005
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Although sometimes deemed incorrect, "Jiga" is the correct, if uncommon, pronunciation of the prefix giga-.
"1.21 Jigowatts?" Doc Brown
Jigowatt by HornPlayerCasey February 25, 2009
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Seeming to come out of nowhere, a jigowatt is the feeling of a what seems like a thousand bolts of energy shooting up the spine, wreaking havoc on your nervous system, completely disabling you from doing anything other than jerking your body in a violent shiver for about 3 to 5 seconds.
I was standing on my porch today when out of nowhere, I had a jigowatt! It was no ordinary shiver! It was like an earthquake went up my spine!
jigowatt by zazu September 13, 2005

jigawatt 

Unit of power used by a Flux-capicitor.
"1.21 Jigawatts ! The only thing that can produce that kind of energy is.. A bolt of lightning."
jigawatt by Woody Two Guns December 31, 2007

jigawatt 

Gigawatt
See gigawatts.
"What the hell is a jigawatt!?"
jigawatt by Joshua J. Slone July 27, 2003

jigawatt 

Tuna's time machine needed 1.21 jigawatts to successfully make it into the past.
jigawatt by Tuna October 27, 2003

jiggowatt 

Misspronounciation of the Gigawatt measurement of energy, most famously used in the film Back To The Future (1985) in a discussion between Doc Brown and Marty McFly on the subject of powering the doctor's freaking awesome DeLorean.
"1.23 Jiggowatts?!?!?!"
jiggowatt by A. Robert Dowson August 21, 2006
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B)
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