Home › Words › L › litterbuglitterbug/ˈlɪtɚˌbʌɡ/litterbug · noun — A person who tends to drop litter and not clean it up.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).litterbug is pronounced /ˈlɪtɚˌbʌɡ/.EtymologyFrom litter + bug. Coined in 1947 by New York copywriter Paul B. Gioni for The American Ad Council, perhaps punning on jitterbug.nounA person who tends to drop litter and not clean it up.e.g.“[…] 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” — 1967, Arlo Guthrie, “Alice's Restaurant”:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).