Flutterby™! : 1999-08-01 09:00:00+02

1999-08-01 09:00:00+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Okay, so I was reading a (lame) article in Salon and noticed that the author had used "jibe" to mean "in accord with". Pissed off at the misuse of the word, I went for my Houghton Mifflin American Heritage Dictionary, and find that, along with "taunt" and the sailing usage, they list "in accord with" as a definition of unknown origins. I'll tell you exactly where it came from: People who can't pronounce "jive". Sheesh. If I had one wish for the world, it would be for literate editors.

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