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"Jibe" not "jive".

• mythrwy 9y ago
  Jive has become acceptable in that context and is commonly used that way now (although technically you are correct).
  • erikpukinskis 9y ago
    It's common. Whether it's acceptable... I don't know. I think most people imagine it has something to do with dancing together, congruently, to "the jive" which doesn't really make any sense if you think about it very long. Maybe I can just chalk it up to a compression error in the dictionary though. Perhaps fewer words is better.
    • mythrwy 9y ago
      I always took it to mean something like "communicating effectively". As in, using the same jive.
• yorwba 9y ago
  FWIW, I'm not a native speaker, and the only time I have ever seen anyone use "jibe" is to correct someone's use of "jive". I'm not sure whether it can really be considered a mistake anymore.
  • sangnoir 9y ago
    Might as well add "should of" and "on accident" to that list. I don't care how common the usage is, I will always correct those - they rub me the wrong way.
    • cr0sh 9y ago
      ...also add "for all intensive purposes" (there is a use for such a phrase, but not the way most people mean).