# jive turkey

> English word · Noun

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

## Etymology
Coined in the 1970s, originally African-American.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jive-turkey