Litterbug
/ˈlɪtɚˌbʌɡ/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a person who litters public places with refuse wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] 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"
Etymology
From litter + bug. Coined in 1947 by New York copywriter Paul B. Gioni for The American Ad Council, perhaps punning on jitterbug.