Inspired by the character Jekyll from the famous novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The novel deals with the theme of people who have several personalities that are at odds with each other. When someone does Jekylling, he starts treating you and talking about you as if you were a demi-god, and as soon as you reject them or tell them that you are not interested, they get super defensive and start ranting about you.
Example Sentence: He’s clearly doing a Jekylling, two days ago he was obsessed with me and now that I have told him I have a boyfriend he doesn’t stop badmouthing me.
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