Editing Shuckin' and jivin' (section)

{{Short description|Slang for joking and acting evasively}}
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'''Shuckin' and jivin'''' (or '''shucking and jiving''') is slang for joking and acting evasively in the presence of an authoritative figure.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/357106 |jstor=357106 |title=Black Rhetorical Patterns and the Teaching of Composition |last1=Linn |first1=Michael D. |journal=College Composition and Communication |date=1975 |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=149–153 |doi=10.2307/357106 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> It usually involves clever lies and impromptu storytelling, to one-up an opponent or avoid punishment.  In ''Ribbin', Jivin', and Playin' the Dozens: The Persistent Dilemma in Our Schools'', Herbert L. Foster writes: "Shuckin' and jivin' is a verbal and physical technique some blacks use to avoid difficulty, to accommodate some authority figure, and in the extreme, to save a life or to save oneself from being beaten physically or psychologically."<ref>{{cite book |title=Ribbin', Jivin', and Playin' the Dozens: The Persistent Dilemma in Our Schools |first=Herbert L. |last=Foster |date=1990 |publisher=Herbert L. Foster Associates, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-9624847-0-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rj9aCU0QZ1MC }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Reeve |first=Elspeth |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/was-it-racist-palin-accuse-obama-shucking-and-jiving/322151/ |title=Was It Racist for Palin to Accuse Obama of 'Shuck and Jive'? |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=29 October 2024 }}</ref>