Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoGotta get on that grindsetlemmy.worldimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1758arrow-down117
arrow-up1741arrow-down1imageGotta get on that grindsetlemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareBedSharkPallinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·1 year agoIs there a source for this? Like, it jives with my mental model of the guy, but it would be nice to have a source.
minus-squarescrion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·1 year agoSure, here you go: https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-paid-250000-to-a-flight-attendant-who-accused-elon-musk-of-sexual-misconduct-2022-5
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year ago the company paid Ah, greedy cheapskate as usual.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoWell clearly it was a business expense!
minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoPsst, it’s “jibes” not “jives.”
minus-squareji17br@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI’ve only ever heard it called jive
minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s a very common mistake, one I used to make myself. But I can assure you it’s jibe.
minus-squareji17br@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIf everyone I’ve ever heard use the word thinks it’s jive, at what point does that become correct? Isn’t that how language works?
minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt becomes the accepted meaning after a formal dictionary adds it. To my knowledge, no dictionary added this meaning yet.
Is there a source for this? Like, it jives with my mental model of the guy, but it would be nice to have a source.
Sure, here you go:
https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-paid-250000-to-a-flight-attendant-who-accused-elon-musk-of-sexual-misconduct-2022-5
Ah, greedy cheapskate as usual.
Well clearly it was a business expense!
Psst, it’s “jibes” not “jives.”
I’ve only ever heard it called jive
It’s a very common mistake, one I used to make myself. But I can assure you it’s jibe.
If everyone I’ve ever heard use the word thinks it’s jive, at what point does that become correct? Isn’t that how language works?
It becomes the accepted meaning after a formal dictionary adds it. To my knowledge, no dictionary added this meaning yet.
not anymore