litterbug

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈlɪtɚˌbʌɡ/(US)

Definition of litterbug

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (informal)A person who tends to drop litter and not clean it up.
    “[…] 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”
    “Pretending a litterbug and a spree killer have committed equivalent infractions doesn’t make people safer.”
    “Mr. Doherty was known to publicly berate litterbugs and upbraid motorists whose stranded cars prevented plows from clearing snow.”

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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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