jitterbug n. a gang member; a juvenile delinquent. Also jit. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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Thank you! I grew up in Detroit, and we used “Jit” this way all the time.
No one elsewhere knew what I was talking about.
Thanks again – for the “proof!”