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So I've always said "That doesn't jive" - but if jive already means incorrect/deceitful, should I say.. "That jives" to mean incorrect?? I think that will confu

by neom 3y ago

So I've always said "That doesn't jive" - but if jive already means incorrect/deceitful, should I say.. "That jives" to mean incorrect?? I think that will confuse the heck out of people.

benzible 3y ago
You could just say "that doesn't jibe" because that's the actual phrase and "jive" in this context is an "eggcorn" [1]. It also may be more common than the correct usage at this point so I'm probably fighting a battle that's already been lost [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_etymology