Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agoGotta get on that grindsetlemmy.worldimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1743arrow-down117
arrow-up1726arrow-down1imageGotta get on that grindsetlemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareBedSharkPal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·6 months 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-up30·6 months 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-up14·6 months ago the company paid Ah, greedy cheapskate as usual.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoWell clearly it was a business expense!
minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·6 months agoPsst, it’s “jibes” not “jives.”
minus-squareji17br@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoI’ve only ever heard it called jive
minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIt’s a very common mistake, one I used to make myself. But I can assure you it’s jibe.
minus-squareji17br@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months 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-up1·6 months 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