jitterbug
n.— «I’m sure every woman brutalized by some jitterbug incited by gangsta rap is happy to learn that the issue there is fantasy.» —“Re: unspoken media truths…” by Gregor Usenet: triangle.general May 4, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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