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jive turkey en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Coined in the 1970s, originally African-American.

Meanings

  1. (US, dated, derogatory, idiomatic, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) 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? 1989, Lynda Barry, “String Heads”, in Ernie Pook's Comeek:
  2. (US, dated, idiomatic, slang) Someone who performs the jive dance, especially in an amusing or showy manner.
  3. (US, dated, idiomatic, slang) Someone who behaves in a glib and disingenuous fashion, a jiver.

Forms

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Synonyms

bullshitter · jiver · jive-ass