If I wore these boots I’d get vertigo

vertigo

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[vur-ti-goh]

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noun, plural vertigoes, vertigines

[ver-tij–uh-neez] (Show IPA).Pathology.

a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being intilting or spinning surroundings.

Origin of vertigoExpand

1520-1530

1520-30; < Latin vertīgō a turning or whirling round, equivalent to vert(ere) to turn (see verse ) + -īgō noun suffix

Examples from the Web for vertigoExpand

Contemporary Examples

With mountain warfare I get vertigo and parachuting I get vertigo.

The Real-Life ‘Killer Elite’ Marlow Stern September 30, 2011
Movie buffs have commented endlessly on the bell-tower sequence invertigo.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days David Freeman December 12, 2014
In vertigo there’s a strange cut in the first bell-tower sequence.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days David Freeman December 12, 2014
Impossibly, even through thick glass, I felt a twinge of vertigo.

Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope Anthony Haden-Guest August 7, 2014
Almodovar has always been a fan of Hitchcock, but this time, he goes absolutely Psycho (and vertigo).

Does ‘Footloose’ Suck? Ramin Setoodeh October 13, 2011

Historical Examples

Doubtless, there are hours of vertigo from which we may look for every thing, even the impossible; and, who knows?

The Uprising of a Great People Count Agnor de Gasparin
Dick Boobitrapp is a kidnapper and a confederate of vertigo.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 Various
Mankind is lashed to a vertigo of folly and evil by the assurance of impunity, feeling certain, Oh, God of justice!

The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer Eugne Sue
She cowered within the chair as one stricken with a vertigo.

Making People Happy Thompson Buchanan
Mryna felt a twist of vertigo as the shuttle shifted from conventional speed into a time warp.