# Please help me search for something **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091 "2009-05-20T17:40:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091/1 "2009-05-20T17:40:22Z")
I’m pretty sure I read it on the SDMB, but my searches aren’t finding it. It’s a clever English term for when you are walking towards somebody head on, and they step one way to go around you at the same time as you step that way, and then vice versa, sometimes multiple times. I’m looking for one word that describes this common occurrence. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091/2 "2009-05-20T17:42:39Z")
In that situation, people sometimes say “Thanks for the dance,” or something else to that extent. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091/3 "2009-05-20T17:47:04Z")
I don’t know a specific term. Everybody I know just smiles and asks, “Do you wanna dance?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091/4 "2009-05-20T19:03:38Z")
It was definitely a one- or two-word term. I’m not sure if it was coined by somebody here or they had heard it somewhere else. It was the kind of thing where, if it caught on, everybody would just use that term instead of having to describe the situation in one or more sentences (like I did above). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091/5 "2009-05-20T19:13:58Z")
The Sidewalk Shuffle The Walkway Waltz The Pavement Pavane The Hallway Hustle ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091/6 "2009-05-20T21:14:40Z")
I once heard “awk-stepping” somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091/7 "2009-05-20T22:44:08Z")
There’s a [Sniglet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniglet)for that: [Shuggleftulation](http://www.unwords.com/unword/shuggleftulation.html) ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091/8 "2009-05-21T01:15:49Z")
Are you thinking of this Staff Report?: > **[Is there a word for the jig you do trying to get around someone on the sidewalk?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341671/is-there-a-word-for-the-jig-you-do-trying-to-get-around-someone-on-the-sidewalk)** ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091/9 "2009-05-21T16:20:47Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > Are you thinking of this Staff Report?: > > [Is there a word for the jig you do trying to get around someone on the sidewalk? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/493/is-there-a-word-for-the-jig-you-do-trying-to-get-around-someone-on-the-sidewalk) That’s it! My problem was that I was searching the boards. :smack: Thanks everybody! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-search-for-something/497091/10 "2009-05-21T16:28:30Z")
Just remember when you don’t know what to say. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!