I, of course
Went to the source.
Shorter OED on Historical principles
>"Jive" as a verb: To tease, cajole, to speak deceptively.
Unknown.
>Usage example: "I find out you be jivin' me, man, I pop a cap in
>yo' ass."
Er, Transliterates as - 'If I come to understand that you have been
dancing with me (literally or figuratively?), I will insert a
suppository into your anus' - how's that?
>"Jibe," always a verb (omitting the sailing-related definitions):
>To be in accord, to agree with.
Sailing related term - Jib. Jibe may be an error that has assumed
common usage. Or to paraphrase Mr Justice Hempel, Vic, 1991 -
'Continuity has assumed the mantle of identity.'
>Usage example: "Your figures and the government's figures don't
>jibe, so it looks like somebody's going to jail."
Jibe, v. - US, also gibe, origin unknown - To chime in (with), to agree.
Jibe - variant of Gibe, sb. & v. or Gybe, v. which are preferred.
1. v. (O.French, 'giber' - handle roughly) to sneer, mock, taunt.
2. n. A sneering speech
>Please excuse the interruption. You may now go back to whatever
>you were doing previously.
This was what I was doing previously.
>This announcement was made necessary due to circumstances beyond
>my control, and I hope no one takes offense. My mother, both
>grandmothers (a.k.a. competitive babysitters), three aunts, an
>uncle, several cousins, and at least one ex-wife were or are
>teachers. The overwhelming, unrelenting and insidiously
>subversive influence they have had on me has resulted in my having
>a streak of schoolmarm in me that I am unable to control at
>times. This has been one of those times.
Consider yourself rapped over the knuckles young man and don't do it again.
>Walt, living proof that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing
>
Got something right at least.
AndrewF
(Excuse me for a moment while I 1. Go and lie down, or 2. Get a life).
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