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Dick shows off the detective skills he learned from Batman. Good thing all teenagers in the '60s talked alike.
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Was "jive" ever actually slang for music?
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I've been trying to think of an example, but the only one that comes to mind is "Jive Talkin'" by the Bee Gees. They weren't talking about music.
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Based on the brief research I've done via google/wikipedia, it looks like it was originally a generic term for swing dancing or the kind of slang associated with swing/jazz culture (hence its later meaning of "black slang").
So, "jive music" seems like a common expression for "dance music", but it seems a bit weird to just use "jive" for "music".
I imagine the "dance" association would also be the root of expressions such as "My plans jived with his", in which it means something like "being in synch".
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: "My plans jived with his", in which it means something like "being in synch".
I always thought that 'jibe' was the word for plans being in synch.
Then again, jibe and jive sound close enough that it's possible that people use both interchangeably...
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According to Merriam-Webster, "jibe" is a variant spelling of "gibe", which means to deride or tease with taunting words or to utter taunting words. However others have "jibe" meaning to agree or fit. There is also a nautical meaning for "jibe". To shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom or to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
Merriam-Webster and at Dictionary.com have "jive" meaning 1 : swing music or the dancing performed to it or 2 a : glib, deceptive, or foolish talk b : the jargon of hipsters c : a special jargon of difficult or slang terms.
I think having "jive" mean in synch (i.e. his plans jive with mine) is actually meant as "jibe".
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Interesting. I would've immediately thought of "jibe" as meaning "taunting", and "jive" sounds so much more natural to me for "being in agreement".
So, basically, in the 1930s or 40s a hipster might've used "jive" to mean music, but a teenage in the early 60s would be unlikely to?
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That panel is in the story that was reprinted uin the Super-Team family #2 that I read hundreds of times. Dude gave me nightmares with that outfit.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Interesting. I would've immediately thought of "jibe" as meaning "taunting", and "jive" sounds so much more natural to me for "being in agreement".
So, basically, in the 1930s or 40s a hipster might've used "jive" to mean music, but a teenage in the early 60s would be unlikely to?
I try not to be Word Cop, but, oh-- it drives me absolutely bonkers when people get these two confused.
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quote:Originally posted by MLLASH: And can't Wonder Girl use her super-Amazonian legs to kick this douche's lungs in while he's mincing around admiring his ridonkulous outfit?!?!
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