jiggy jiggy time
- noun
- Slang
- We had a jiggy jiggy time at the concert last night.
Examples
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The party promised plenty of jiggy jiggy time for all the guests.
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Everyone was ready for some jiggy jiggy time after a long week.
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It's jiggy jiggy time at the party!
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Are you ready for jiggy jiggy time tonight?
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The music was so upbeat that everyone felt it was jiggy jiggy time on the dance floor.
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After the performance, the crowd erupted in cheers, signaling it was jiggy jiggy time for a celebration.
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With good friends and great music, we always find ourselves having jiggy jiggy time at our gatherings.
Synonyms
A fun lively time with lots of laughter and activity
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning is directly built from 'jiggy' (energetic, ready to dance) plus 'time' (an occasion), with the repeated 'jiggy jiggy' serving as an emphatic/reduplicative intensifier. This compositional pattern (an adjective indicating mood + 'time' for an occasion) is common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer it denotes a lively, danceable occasion.
Etymology
Jiggy jiggy time may come from the old word jig, a short lively dance, and repeating it as jiggy jiggy makes a playful picture of people dancing and being silly. So the phrase now means 'a lively, enjoyable time', often with dancing.