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Although the Oxford English Dictionary says the expression "shiver my timbers" probably first appeared in a published work by Frederick Marryat called Jacob Faithful (1835), [1] the phrase actually appeared in print as early as 1795, in a serial publication called "Tomahawk, or Censor General", [2] which gives an "extract of a new MS tragedy called 'Opposition'."
Shiver My timbers (or My) Timbers may refer to: Shiver my timbers, an exclamation; Shiver My Timbers (1931), an Our Gang short; Shiver Me Timbers! (1934), a Popeye the Sailor cartoon short; Shiver Me Timbers, a song on a 1974 studio album by Tom Waits
"shiver my timbers" is a legitimate phrase actually found in the OED, it is the correct phrase, derived from "my timbers" as in "my goodness" (not "me goodness"). Somewhere someone started a slang variation with "me timbers", but it is not "proper" English. So we have a proper English phrase, and a slang phrase.
1981, Bette Midler in Amsterdam promoting the film Divine Madness is a 1980 American concert film directed by Michael Ritchie, and featuring Bette Midler and the Harlettes during her February 13–15, 1980 concerts at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. [1]
Skibidi and skibidi toilet teen slang: All about the meaning and definition of the slang phrase. Everything you need to know and more than we wish we knew.
Divine Madness is an album by American singer Bette Midler and the Harlettes, released in 1980.It is a live recording taken from Midler's Divine Madness concert film, released the same year.
The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 15, 1974, on Asylum Records. [2] The title song was written as a tribute to Jack Kerouac. [3]
James Taylor – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica; Luis Conte – percussion; Walt Fowler – trumpet, flugelhorn, additional keyboards; Steve Gadd – drums; Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards