jive

Hipster talk, maybe

Jive covers several loosely related meanings.

Originally it named a style of fast, swinging jazz music and the energetic dance that went with it.

Jive also became slang for deceptive or nonsensical talk: Don't give me that jive.

To jive someone is to tease or mislead them.

The adjective jive means phony or worthless: a jive excuse.

Jive is often confused with jibe, which means to agree: That doesn't jibe with what you said earlier—though jive increasingly appears in this sense too.

dance

swing

Suspended recreational seat

jitterbugEnergetic swing-era partner dance
boogie-woogieDriving bass, freewheeling treble
shagLong-napped rug type

bebop · ballroom · foxtrot · quickstep · partnering · breakaway · aerials · savoy · syncopation · musicality

jazz

bebop

Fast, complex jazz style

swingSuspended recreational seat
improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
riffRepeated musical phrase

scatting · cool · cats · horn · saxophone · trumpet · combo · hepcat · groove · licks

slang

lingo

Group-specific vocabulary

argotGroup-specific coded speech
vernacularEveryday regional speech
hipsterAggressively alternative person

cat · dig · solid · groovy · hep · square · bread · pad · threads · scene

deceive

con

Argument against

misleadCause false belief
trickDeliberate deception
foolUnwise, gullible person

hoodwink · bamboozle · hustle · put-on · snow-job · fast-talk · double-talk · swindle · scam · smooth-talk

nonsense

bunk

Nonsense or stacked bed

baloneyFoolish talk, slang
hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
malarkeyInsincere foolish talk

hooey · drivel · balderdash · claptrap · poppycock · rubbish · garbage · bull · crap · codswallop

banter

razz

Playful verbal teasing

teaseMock playfully
kidChild or young goat
ribCurved chest bone

josh · needle · wisecracks · put-on · funning · goofing · joking · playing · trash-talk · dozens

jive

swing

bebop

lingo

con

bunk

razz

jive

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