Is there a word for the jig you do trying to get around someone on the sidewalk?

Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
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On the topic of finding words for things that ought to have a word for them, I strongly recommend Douglas Adams’s ‘Meaning of Liff’ and ‘Deeper Meaning of Liff’.

Although he doesn’t cover sidewalk dancing, he does have a long discussion on words the cover the situation where you recognise somebody that you are approaching from a distance, and then have to feign not noticing them until the last moment, to avoid having to keep acknowledging them as you approach.

Incidentally, for those who don’t know, this is the same Douglas Adams who wrote the Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy.

LINK TO COLUMN: Is there a word for the jig you do trying to get around someone on the sidewalk? - The Straight Dope

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Paul Dickson’s book Family Words has some that people use in in-the-family contexts, but I don’t recall most of them right now, and the book is at home.

The only one I can remember is Ambi-ambulation

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I just call it “the dance”.

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Body checking works better.

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“pass de deux?”

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I’ve always called it “sidewalk dance” if outdoors and “hallway dance” if indoors

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There is in fact an entry in The Meaning of Liff on that very subject.

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Adams was prescient in so many ways!

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In my family, it’s referred to as “After you, Alphonse.”

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“faux pas de deux” (don’t remember where I saw this)

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Mayhaps in the very column under discussion, wherein the phrase (my personal favorite) is credited to one William Safire.
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Quirk and/or jink – already in dictionary.

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I don’t think I saw it in Lord Cecil’s caolumn, but it was definitely Safire, and thanks for reminding me. (It’s my favorite too.)

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We always called it the Teaberry Shuffle after the gum commercials.

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Just as a reminder: this is one reason we like to have a link to the column in the OP. Saves lots of redundancies, keeps us (more or less) on the same page. I’ve added a link.