jitterbug
n.— «A third group nearby argued that the NAACP’s more recent threats of boycott probably wouldn’t increase the number of minority production executives or result in even one black person who could greenlight a film. “Man, it’s gonna be the same thugs, slugs, and jitterbugs as usual.”» —by Paula L. Woods Stormy Weather July 30, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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