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So I've always said "That doesn't jive" - but if jive already means incorrect/deceitful, should I say.. "That jives" to mean incorrect?? I think that will confuse the heck out of people.



You could just say "that doesn't jibe" because that's the actual phrase and "jive" in this context is an "eggcorn" [1]. It also may be more common than the correct usage at this point so I'm probably fighting a battle that's already been lost [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_etymology




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