litter bug

lit·ter·bug

[lit-er-buhg]
noun
a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.

Origin:
1945–50; litter + bug1

lit·ter·bug·ging, noun
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litter lout or (US and Canadian) litterbug (ˈlɪtəˌbʌɡ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
slang a person who tends to drop refuse in public places
 
litterbug or (US and Canadian) litterbug
 
n

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Litter bug is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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