“I'm your huckleberry”

  1. Spoken by Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in the 1993 film “Tombstone.”

  2. Could be derived from “I'm your hucklebearer” — your coffin-bearer (because coffin handles might have been referred to us “huckles”) … but that's not what Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday said in the movie.

  3. What it really means: “I'm the one you want.” Spoken rather menacingly in the movie. Check out https://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/im-your-huckleberry and the title of Val Kilmer's memoir “I'm Your Huckleberry.”

Anyway, I'm your huckleberry, and I'm saying it sweetly, because I like you.