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shpilkes

nervous energy, tha word is yiddish.
I had shpilkes before the interview.
by j. zerusi January 16, 2005
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Could someone please define this, I saw it on a web site once.
What the shpilkes is happening?!
Wow, that sure is a nice looking shpilkes you found.
by cuando December 10, 2004
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shpilkis

{Transliteration from the original Yiddish}

Noun:
To 'bounce off the walls', nervous energy without purpose. In English - to be 'on pins and needles'. Common in kids when they have had too much sugar, or adults too much caffeine {or any combination of same}. Kids with ADD or ADHD before they are medicated.
"Oy, you kids in the back seat! Enough with the shpilkis already, or I'm gonna turn around this car around, right now!"

"Check out the cat, she got into the catnip. Such shpilkis I have never seen!"
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shpilkas

I am so excited about going to the Morrissey Concert that I have been on Shpilkas all day!
by Not A Shiksa October 30, 2003
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shpilkus

shpilkus (SHPILL cuss) noun. Yiddish literally 'Hairpins in the tuchas.' indicates or symptoms of gas, cramping, etc. in the intestines
Mordecai: Ma, This is Sue, the woman I told you about.
Ma: (To herself: Oy vey!) What a lovely creature! I didn't catch the last name dear...
Mordecai: (To himself: Oh fuck!)
Sue: "Smith" Mrs. Goldfarb.
Ma: Lovely name, what was it before dear?
Ma: (To herself: Jesus Christ, a fucking shikse! My son has brought home a courve, I hope the neighbors didn't see her.)
Sue: Before what Mrs. Goldfarb?
Mordecai: (To himself: Jesus Christ! How do I explain this one?)
Ma: You'll have to excuse me, I've got (the) shpilkus. Lovely to meet you Sue.
by Little Miss Sunshine!! November 10, 2006
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shpilkis

Yiddish. The type of boredom that makes you want to scream and jump up and down, as opposed to the type of boredom that puts you to sleep.
By the time I had answered the 200th multiple choice question without a break, I had such a case of shpilkis I wanted to scream and run all the way back to Rumania!
by Mordie April 16, 2006
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shpilkas

Noun. Usually refers to something spilled or accidentally placed upon something else which would not normally have that substance on it.
"Damn. I got shpilkas on my gannectagazoint"
by bojangles8885 February 17, 2003
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