Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A dance style popular in the 1940–50s. · Swing, a style of jazz music. · A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon. · Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.
To deceive; to be deceptive. · To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc. · To speak in jive (jazz or hipster slang).
Unknown. Slang attested in African-American and rural American culture. Frequently used to imply lying, verbal deception or trickery. Has a possible historical antecedent in gyve (“shackle”). Alternatively, of African origin, compare Wolof jev, jeu (“to talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner”).
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