Re:DigitalOcean is laying off staff
by adamc on Friday January 17, 2020 @01:37PM
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Offered because I love words: jibes ("fits"). https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-tribu-words-wor...
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Re:DigitalOcean is laying off staff
by sethammons on Friday January 17, 2020 @02:15PM
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TIL. I have used "jive" instead of "jibe" for a couple of decades. At some point, words change due to usage. I wonder how many people fall into my same boat. And I used it knowing it means "music" - the way it sounded to me was to "jive" was to fit in harmony.
Re:DigitalOcean is laying off staff
by tomjakubowski on Friday January 17, 2020 @03:33PM
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I've mixed jive/jibe up too. I wonder if it's related to betacism. We could be starting a new English dialect!
Amazing, TIL. I'm usually picky about words, but I've gotten this one wrong. Turns out the verb "jive" like was used here actually means to speak falsely -- a sort of literally/figuratively meaning inversion.