JIVE

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JIVE, also jive talk. (1) The SLANG or JARGON associated in the earlier 20c with such African-American forms of music as jive (swing, jazz, etc.). (2) In the later 20c, an informal term for flattering, deceptive, exaggerated, meaningless talk, especially among black Americans (Hey, don't give me that jive, man!); DOUBLE TALK: ‘Everything that we do must be aimed toward the total liberation, unification and empowerment of Afrika. Anything short of that is jive’ (Black World, Oct. 1973). Compare BLARNEY, RAP.

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