jive-assn.
/ˈdʒʌɪvas/, U.S. /ˈdʒaɪvˌæs/ U.S. slang.
(a) A person who loves fun or excitement. (b) A deceitful or pretentious person. Frequently attributive.A word of fluid meaning and application.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected person
affecter1607
snuffler1642
languisher1713
attitudinarian1756
attitudinizer1824
pseudo1829
posturer1833
posturist1857
poseur1869
affectationist1873
Turveydrop1877
posturant1882
poser1888
four-flusher1904
gobdaw1947
nerd1951
pseud1954
jive-ass1964
society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicker
wantonc1450
friskera1549
a merry (or mad) grig1566
friskin1596
uptails1602
gamester1616
romp1678
romper?1780
frolicker1801
skylarker1818
larker1826
rollicker1837
larrikin1868
rompster1893
jive-ass1964
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives
swikec1000
wielerOE
adderOE
knavec1275
treacherc1290
guiler1303
gabbera1325
tricharda1327
faitoura1340
jugglera1340
beswiker1340
wernard1362
knackerc1380
beguilera1382
deceiver1382
illusor1382
deceivant1393
fob1393
falsea1400
mocker?c1450
feature14..
deceptor1484
seductor1490
bullera1500
troker?a1500
craftera1529
circumventorc1540
bobber1542
cloyner?1550
illuder?1550
tricker1550
double-dealer1567
treacherer1571
falsary1573
abuser1579
falser1579
treachetour1590
deluder1592
ignis fatuus1592
foolmonger1593
prestigiator1595
aguiler1598
baffler1606
cog-foist1606
feaguer1610
guile-man1614
hocus-pocus1624
colt1632
hoodwink1638
blindfoldera1649
napper1653
cheat1664
fooler1677
underdealer1682
circumvenerc1686
chincher1688
dodger1698
nickum1699
sheep-shearer1699
trickster1711
bilker1717
trickologist1723
taker-in1776
bilk1790
duper1792
Yorkshire bite1801
intake1808
gammoner1819
doer1840
delusionist1841
fiddler1857
snide1874
hoodwinker1884
tanger1886
take-down1888
tiddlywinker1893
wangler1912
frost1914
twicer1924
lurkman1945
jive-ass1964
skanker1973
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [noun] > insincere person
lip-comfortera1815
pseudo1829
lip-worshippera1846
lip-server1860
phoney1952
pseud1954
jive-ass1964
1964 R. S. Gold Jazz Lexicon 169 Jive-ass mother~fucker.
1969 C. Brown in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 181 ‘You jiveass nigger,’ Reb said, laughing. ‘No, I'm telling the truth.’
1969 C. Brown in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 184 He became a hustler, a jiveass, a jazz player.
1970 N.Y. Mag. 16 Nov. 42/1 This happens to be a jive-ass af-flu-ent neighborhood.
1973 Black World Aug. 55/2 Silly-ass so-called hangups of jive-ass white folks.
1973 Black World Aug. 67/1 Jive-ass jivers. Stupid. Looking clever.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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