Tuesday, March 8, 2016

jive, gyve

Jive or jive means the slang or jargon of the culture of narcotics addicts, or deceptive talk, with no real meaning--
The squares don't get our jive; they won't know what we're talking about.
That jive talk doesn't fool me!

Gyve or gyve ( rhymes with jive ) means a shackle or fetter, most commonly for the leg--
The gyve left a scar on his leg that he carried for the rest of his life.
He meant to escape, but first he had to remove the gyve from his leg.

Gyve may also mean to shackle or fetter someone, most commonly by the leg--
If you gyve them together, they won't be able to run away.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"For all your jive talk, you might as well wear a gyve on your leg as be shackled to a drug habit."

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