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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 corr
by 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