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"Jibe" not "jive".


FWIW, I'm not a native speaker, and the only time I have ever seen anyone use "jibe" is to correct someone's use of "jive". I'm not sure whether it can really be considered a mistake anymore.


Might as well add "should of" and "on accident" to that list. I don't care how common the usage is, I will always correct those - they rub me the wrong way.


...also add "for all intensive purposes" (there is a use for such a phrase, but not the way most people mean).


Jive has become acceptable in that context and is commonly used that way now (although technically you are correct).


It's common. Whether it's acceptable... I don't know. I think most people imagine it has something to do with dancing together, congruently, to "the jive" which doesn't really make any sense if you think about it very long.

Maybe I can just chalk it up to a compression error in the dictionary though. Perhaps fewer words is better.


I always took it to mean something like "communicating effectively". As in, using the same jive.




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