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short for "jitterbug" or better known as the Lindy Hop developed in 1920's 1st as a partnered dance amoungst whites but a solo dance later developed by blacks during WWII.... revitalized during early 1980s in Detroit area called the "jitt" amoung young urbanites as a battle dance....to conteract the Pop Lock for west coasters or Break Dancers from NYC....signature battle dance of Detroit
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