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Litterbug

//ˈlɪtɚˌbʌɡ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who tends to drop litter and not clean it up. informal

    "[…] I mean I'm sittin' here, on the Group W bench, 'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough to join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages, after being a litterbug"

  2. 2
    a person who litters public places with refuse wordnet

Etymology

From litter + bug. Coined in 1947 by New York copywriter Paul B. Gioni for The American Ad Council, perhaps punning on jitterbug.

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