Grace Louisa
Feb 5, 2022

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The error I hear all the time is “that doesn’t jive.” The expression is “doesn’t gybe” (gybe may also be spelled jibe if you’re English). The phrase is based on a sailing maneuver that turns the stern of the boat to the wind. The phrase’s literal meaning is “that doesn’t go in the direction of the wind” and figuratively, “the wind” would be the prevailing facts. “Her story doesn’t gybe” = “her story doesn’t make sense with what we already know.”

Jive, on the other hand, is a verb that means “talk shit” - whether that’s lying or just shooting the breeze about unimportant things.

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Grace Louisa
Grace Louisa

Written by Grace Louisa

Saltier than a cocktail peanut and here to get ignored by a much wider audience.

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