COLLYWOBBLES Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster In that process, unusual words are transformed to make them look or sound like other, more familiar words Collywobbles is believed to be a friendlier-sounding transformation of cholera morbus (the New Latin term for the disease cholera) that was influenced by the words colic and wobble
History of Collywobbles - Idiom Origins Sometimes referred to as a touch of the collywobbles, which the OED describes as a pain or looseness in the bowels The expression dates from the early 19th century and the best explanation of its origin is that it is a combination of colic and wobble