O que significa e como usar a palavra "antsy"?

I've been inspired to create this post because I read an article somewhere on the web talking about some of the most used words by american folks. Among those words were awesome, dude, cool, gosh, and then, antsy. You must agree the last one may not sound as familiar as the other ones for an ESL student. So I'm here to help you if you want to incorporate that word into your active vocabulary, since they clam it to be so popular.

Before telling you what antsy means, does that word remind you of any other? The word I want you to remember is "ant", that small insect that always comes around if you leave something sweet on the table. So what they did with that word was turning it into an adjective. They say it comes from the expression "to have ants in your pants", which is not a very comfortable situation to be in. So if you're antsy, you're anxious, impatient, nervous, fidgety, just like you'd be if you literally had ants in your pants.

So imagine you're a big fan of a famous TV series and you can't wait till they release the next season, which is not coming around for a few months. While talking to a friend of yours, who shares the same interests in the series with you, you say: I'm getting all antsy just waiting for the next season to come out. That's all folks. I hope this helped. Take care!