Gotta get on that grindsetGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 735 points – 5 months ago29Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsIs 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 the company paid 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 jiveIt'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
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 the company paid 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 jiveIt'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
Sure, here you go: https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-paid-250000-to-a-flight-attendant-who-accused-elon-musk-of-sexual-misconduct-2022-5 the company paid 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 jiveIt'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
I’ve only ever heard it called jiveIt'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.
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.
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.
It 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