英语词汇jitterbug的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

jitterbug. Jitter Bug was first recorded in 1934 as the title of a song by American bandleader Cab Callaway and two collabo- rators. Calloway probably coined the words, which originally meant a jittery or nervous person, the song’s lyrics describing a “jitter bug” as someone who drinks regularly and thus “has the jitters ev’ry morning.” Within a few years jitterbug began to take on its main meaning of dancing too fast to whirling swing music, jitterbug referring to any dancer who does so.

词汇	jitterbug
词源	jitterbug. Jitter Bug was first recorded in 1934 as the title of a song by American bandleader Cab Callaway and two collabo- rators. Calloway probably coined the words, which originally meant a jittery or nervous person, the song’s lyrics describing a “jitter bug” as someone who drinks regularly and thus “has the jitters ev’ry morning.” Within a few years jitterbug began to take on its main meaning of dancing too fast to whirling swing music, jitterbug referring to any dancer who does so.
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