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gybes ? I get confused with all the sailing terms in common vernacular, but generally the sayings go "I like the cut of your jib" "That gybes well with me"
by arwineap 6y ago
gybes ?
I get confused with all the sailing terms in common vernacular, but generally the sayings go
"I like the cut of your jib"
"That gybes well with me"
Noting that none of them make sense, I think leeway is possibly the worst
- efitz 6y agoIn this case, "jibes" is correct[1] and is not a borrowed nautical term. In this context "jibes with" means "agrees with". [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jibe https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jibe
- function_seven 6y agoYou made me look it up, and it turns out I was using it correctly. But it's funny, because I had originally written "jives", then second-guessed myself and changed it to "jibes." I had never seen the "gybes" spelling before. Is it like tire/tyre? Looks Welsh to me!