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Re:Effective Altruism Has a Toxic Culture of Sexual Harassme... by denton-scratch on Saturday February 04, 2023 @07:30AM (#34653974)
Jibing is a nautical term, referring to a sailing boat turning through the wind so that the boom flips from one side of the boat to the other.

I have no idea how it acquired the perjorative meaning of making unpleasant remarks.

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Re:Effective Altruism Has a Toxic Culture of Sexual Harassme... by tptacek on Saturday February 04, 2023 @12:50PM (#34656409)
It looks interesting: "jibe" in the pejorative sense is both an (understandable) alternate spelling of "gibe", and also probably shares a root with "gibe" --- both probably stem from a word that means "rough handling", "kick", or "rear up".
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