Entry: swivet (n.)
In context: "'He's all in a swivet about inter-O.N.A.N.ite politics.'"
Definition: A state of agitation; a fluster or panic. Also, a hurry. Freq. in phr. in a swivet.
Other: Cool - this is definitely a new word to me.
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 1019
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
Definitive Jest is a vocabulary-building and SNOOT-approved word-of-the-day blog centered around David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.
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