swivet

• While the world's press works itself into a swivet about whether or not Michelle Obama accidentally restarted the War of 1812 by daring to put her commoner's hand on the Queen's bony arse, the grown-ups are in New York getting it done: the boys attended Education Secretary And Certified Tall-Ass Muther Arne Duncan's speech on how to fix America's ailing schools. —  East Village Radio
• Apple censors threads swivet on Wednesday, October 15 2008 @ 12: 20 PM PDT —  MacFixIt
• I'm only surprised that people can still get into a swivet about any depravity taking place in TEc. —  Stand Firm
• That means pretty much everybody, including a bunch of politicians who came to the party very, very late and now are in a professional public swivet that's honing in on you. —  Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com
• "Only," I prompted, between puffs, "Miss Hugonin keeps everybody, as my old Mammy used to say, 'in a perpetual swivet.' —  The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking

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