Talk:jib

Technical descriptions

Do we really want a technical description of a jib as the primary definition? I ask because jibs are not always triangular, not always staysails (although that's the most universal feature), but are the foremost working sails (as opposed to light air or fancy or racing sails, and excluding yankee or other topmast jibs.) - Amgine/^talk 07:03, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the entry seems a little topheavy. IMO the ideal solution would be "1. [general definition] 2. [specific, common definition]", with the stuff about sloops and modifiers moved to usage notes. -- Visviva 08:56, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

About the mouth/tongue sense

John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) has "jibb" (two b's) meaning "the tongue; thence extended to mean language", but gives an etymology of "Gipsy and Hindoo" (and of course there's no AAVE connection!). The intended word would appear to be जीभ (jībh). Equinox ◑ 19:34, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

I suspect a scano - जीभ is more often romanized jibh. Not sure what to do about the sense, but then the nautical and equestrian senses range from mildly inaccurate to disinformation in their current state. Meh. - Amgine/ ^t·e 20:42, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Romanisation in 1873 (from the "Gipsy and Hindoo", lol) was probably just "make it look English" so ending a word with -bh seems unlikely, whereas with -bb we have models like ebb. Equinox ◑ 22:57, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

New meaning

I'm not sure what it means here, but it clearly isn't covered by any of our current defs.

• 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 380:

  Rick, who went to grade school with Rush's Geddy Lee (the vocalist featured on "Take Off"), earned $3 an hour as a teenager writing gags and glib jibs for tongue-tied Toronto DJs.

Simplificationalizer (talk) 00:34, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Maybe jibe was meant? 98.170.164.88 00:40, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Doubtful. I'm pretty sure it's meant to rhyme with "glib". The author of this book uses lots of that sort of wordplay.--Simplificationalizer (talk) 00:45, 10 September 2022 (UTC)