Rustle my jimmies

"Z_Stig" (Z_Stig) 09/05/2013 at 11:35 • Filed to: memes

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Okay, so I'm confused. I thought the phrase had a negative connotation to it, but I've also seen it used positively has well.

Negative example: God, that Hello Kitty themed Ferrari rustled my jimmies.

Positive example: God, that stick-shift diesel wagon rustles my jimmies!

So what's the proper usage?

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Z_Stig 09/05/2013 at 11:39

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I'm not really sure it matters.

Party-vi > Z_Stig 09/05/2013 at 11:39

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Negative usually.

GhostZ > Z_Stig 09/05/2013 at 11:40

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Rustling the jimmies, as I've understood it (and heard it actually well before it was being used here) is anything that bothers the content. It doesn't implictly mean something is negative or positive, but it means that it messed you up. It bothered you a bit, and your jimmies have been sufficiently displaced. You may be discomforted, but you're not necessarily making a quality statement.

However, it has also come to mean either boner-inducing or bowl-moving as well. Both of these I think are derivative meanings that resulted when the phrase became memetic. I think people associate "jimmies" with underwear, even though there is (from what I've seen) no association that exists.

The, more literal, interpretation is that someone messed up your ice cream sprinkles, shook them up, displaced them somehow in an uncomfortable way. Essentially "this thing brought me out of my comfort zone."

So both usages you posted are technically correct, but just not very accurate.

Montalvo > Z_Stig 09/05/2013 at 11:42

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"That Really Rustled My Jimmies is an expression that is used to convey feelings of discontent or discomfort in response to someone else’s post in imageboards and discussion forums, most notably on 4chan."
-From about section in know your meme

Victorious Secret > Z_Stig 09/05/2013 at 11:51

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I preface with "my jimmies are most appropriately rustled"

If it's negative, I just use the meme.

AbigGRNboot > Z_Stig 09/05/2013 at 11:52

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Well butter my biscuits, it could go either way.

lonestranger > Z_Stig 09/05/2013 at 12:39

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I've thought of it as similar to "grinds my gears".

Stef Schrader > Z_Stig 09/05/2013 at 14:04

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