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jive turkey

noun

Etymology

Coined in the 1970s, originally African-American.

Definitions

  1. A fool, a chump, a target for jiving.

    • [1970s school principal:] You girls better get with what's going down! I am not a jive turkey and this school is not a jive turkey! Any questions?

  2. Someone who performs the jive dance, especially in an amusing or showy manner.

  3. Someone who behaves in a glib and disingenuous fashion, a jiver.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA