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dibby-dibby
 adj.— «“Dibby-dibby” derives from a widely heard reggae tune about a girl with many boyfriends. It means fickle and indecisive.» —“Limbo Lingo Gives Politics a Lilt” by Julia Preston Washington Post Feb. 14, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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