jimmies
"Jimmies" pulls double duty in American slang.
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Born ~1922 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
28 Years: Bone Temple (2026) Interesting one. Lacked the heart of the prior films imo. The Jimmies TOO extreme, though I get the point. Still enjoyable, but wouldn't be rushing towards a rewatch. Will watch the thir…
Är det från Jimmies barndom? Synd att hans storasyster inte lärde honom att inte vara så rädd.
04. ^ [Jump up to: _**a**_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprinkles#cite_ref-Jimmies_4-0) [_**b**_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprinkles#cite_ref-Jimmies_4-1)["WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPRINKLES AND JIMMIES?"]…
John Ciardi thinks of them as tasty food. **[iStockphoto](http://www.istockphoto.com/)** **hide caption** **toggle caption** [iStockphoto](http://www.istockphoto.com/) Topping ice cream with chocolate sprinkles has no…
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"Jimmies" pulls double duty in American slang. In its sweet, regional sense, it's the word for those tiny rod-shaped candy sprinkles you scatter on ice cream sundaes — especially in New England and the Mid-Atlantic. But the internet gave it a whole second life through the "rustled jimmies" meme: your jimmies are your feelings or composure, and when someone rustles them, they've gotten under your skin. Both uses co-exist in perfect harmony, one delicious and one salty.
Nothing rustles my jimmies more than people who talk in the cinema.
“04. ^ [Jump up to: _**a**_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprinkles#cite_ref-Jimmies_4-0) [_**b**_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprinkles#cite_ref-Jimmies_4-1)["WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPRINKLES AND JIMMIES?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161221182122/https://icecreamjournal.turkeyhill.com/index.php/2008/07/03/whats-the-difference-between-sprinkles-and-jimmies/).”
“John Ciardi thinks of them as tasty food. **[iStockphoto](http://www.istockphoto.com/)** **hide caption** **toggle caption** [iStockphoto](http://www.istockphoto.com/) Topping ice cream with chocolate sprinkles has not gone out of fashion, even if the name Jimmies has mostly melted away.”
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candy sprinkles (regional).
"jimmies" means candy sprinkles (regional). It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"jimmies" is informal English meaning candy sprinkles (regional). It is used widely across English varieties. A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "candy sprinkles (regional)" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "jimmies" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing. If you are a B2 or C1 learner, it is useful to recognise this word when you hear or read it, but think carefully about whether the situation really calls for it before using it yourself.
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(Internet slang) A person's feelings .
“28 Years: Bone Temple (2026) Interesting one. Lacked the heart of the prior films imo. The Jimmies TOO extreme, though I get the point. Still enjoyable, but wouldn't be rushing towards a rewatch. Will watch the third with gusto, mind.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Är det från Jimmies barndom? Synd att hans storasyster inte lärde honom att inte vara så rädd.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(plurale tantum, dialectal, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Mid-Atlantic US) Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies or cupcakes.
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