Jibe Not Jive

Guy Incognito said:

Hi everyone, just wanted to do a quick English PSA for the benefits of my fellow posters here at DP, rather than point this out to each person that does it individually.

"Jibe" means "to agree with." As in, "That does not jibe with what I already know of the subject."

"Jive" is a jazz dance or type of slang. As in, "I know a cat named Way Out Willie, got a cool little chick named Rocking Millie, he can walk and stroll and Susie Q. and do that crazy hand jive, too"

They are not interchangeable. So unless you're saying that a new idea does not perform a jazz dance with what you already know, you do not mean "jive," you mean "jibe."

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mike2810 said:

O.K.

I would image most just overlook the error.

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Guy Incognito said:

Hi everyone, just wanted to do a quick English PSA for the benefits of my fellow posters here at DP, rather than point this out to each person that does it individually.

"Jibe" means "to agree with." As in, "That does not jibe with what I already know of the subject."

"Jive" is a jazz dance or type of slang. As in, "I know a cat named Way Out Willie, got a cool little chick named Rocking Millie, he can walk and stroll and Susie Q. and do that crazy hand jive, too"

They are not interchangeable. So unless you're saying that a new idea does not perform a jazz dance with what you already know, you do not mean "jive," you mean "jibe."

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1: to shift suddenly and forcibly from one side to the other —used of a fore-and-aft sail

2: to change a vessel's course when sailing with the wind so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side

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Kal'Stang said:

Bold: It is this part which makes your whole point...pointless.

As for your definition of "jibe" it is wrong.



Merriam-Webster.com ~ Jibe

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Guy Incognito said:

Come now, Kal, let's not allow your personal vendetta against me to make a victim of the English language.

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Guy Incognito said:

"Jibe" also means "to agree." In fact it has a separate etymology from its nautical homonym, I believe.

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Kal'Stang said:

I have a personal vendetta against you? Might want to refresh my memory because frankly I'm not sure which posts I've talked to you in before.

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Link?

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Dickieboy said:

Since 'V' and 'B' are beside each other on the keyboard how do you know that the poster is not misspelling the word rather that misapplication? Just askin’…

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