| 单词 | jive talk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjive talk 3. A variety of American English associated with the Harlem area of New York; slang used by black Americans, or by jazz musicians and their followers. Also attributive, as jive talk. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > American English > varieties of Midland1785 New England1839 Chicagoese1883 Bostonese1888 New Yorkese1888 Brooklynese1893 Western American1901 Manhattanese1908 Harlemese1928 southern1935 jive1938 Yinglish1951 lockjaw1965 Valley Girl1982 Valspeak1982 Valleyspeak1983 Yat1984 1938 C. Calloway Hi De Ho 16 Jive. 1. Harlemese speech or lingo. 2. To kid along, to blarney, to give a girl a line. 1943 Time 26 July 56/2 A jive-talk glossary that is strictly Dracula has been put out by Parents' Institute. 1944 D. Burley (title) Original handbook of Harlem jive. 1944 E. Conrad in D. Burley Orig. Handbk. Harlem Jive 5 Jive is one more contribution of Negro America to the United States. 1944 E. Conrad in D. Burley Orig. Handbk. Harlem Jive 6 Jive talk may have been originally a kind of ‘Pig Latin’ that the slaves talked with each other, a code—when they were in the presence of whites. 1960 Time & Tide 24 Dec. 1599/2 Jive-talk is nothing new. It goes back at least to the thirties when for the first time a brand of jazz, swing, grew to be a cult. Jive was originally the patois of Harlem, not jazz musicians' slang; but with time the distinction was lost. 1965 Economist 4 Sept. 888/2 Some common American jive~words (nappy, funky) are left out [of the Penguin English Dictionary]. 1971 Black World June 92/2 All the rest of that jive talk about white liberals and Rhett Butler is part of another conversation, Sam. 1971 Melody Maker 13 Nov. 31/1 That is if you forget the usual jive phrases that whittle their way into his conversation. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 June 604/4 A narrative tone which frequently coincides with the fast, obscene jive-talk of his characters. < as lemmas |
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