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Offered because I love words: jibes ("fits"). https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-tribu-words-work-spellcheck-11101020101110-story.html https://www.chi

• sethammons 7y ago
  TIL. I have used "jive" instead of "jibe" for a couple of decades. At some point, words change due to usage. I wonder how many people fall into my same boat. And I used it knowing it means "music" - the way it sounded to me was to "jive" was to fit in harmony.
  • tomjakubowski 7y ago
    I've mixed jive/jibe up too. I wonder if it's related to betacism. We could be starting a new English dialect! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betacism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betacism
• arantius 7y ago
  Amazing, TIL. I'm usually picky about words, but I've gotten this one wrong. Turns out the verb "jive" like was used here actually means to speak falsely -- a sort of literally/figuratively meaning inversion.