willies

Just typing it gives us the willies.

There’s a moment in “Dario Argento Panico,” a new documentary about the Italian horror movie maestro Dario Argento, that made me wonder if I’ve misunderstood why his assertively macabre and stylishly grotesque films so deeply give me the willies.

Democrats shut down the government in early 2018 when they insisted on protections for Dreamers; it lasted all of one weekend before they got the willies and backed down.

“What about my dad? Does he give you the germ willies too?”

Among the individuals charged were former Kanye West publicist Trevian Kutti, Willies Lewi Floyd III of "Black Voices for Trump," and Illinois pastor Stephen C. Lee, who allegedly conspired to solicit a false statement from Freeman about what happened during the vote count.