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jungle fever
noun
used of white people, a strong attraction towards black people US, 1990
The prominent title of a Spike Lee film (1991).- But they definitely didn’t have a case of “jungle fever,” then or now. — Odie Hawkins, Black Chicago, p. 159, 1992
- The week after we returned from Catalina was spent convincing him that I’d slept with him out of affection and respect, not out of Jungle Fever. I howled when we suggested this, since weeks before we’d both agreed that the movie was a crock of shit[.] — Armistead Maupin, Maybe the Moon, p. 206, 1992
- A few admit to “jungle fever,” circa ‘60s, plus psychological-standup-raged feelings. — Odie Hawkins, Lost Angeles, 1994
- One girl reported that she’d slept with Robert De Niro, who made “puppy eyes” in bed, then mentioned his incurable case of Jungle Fever. — Anka Radakovich, The Wild Girls Club, 1994
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