Jive and Reason

Jive

Jive noun - The special terms or expressions of a particular group or field.

Reason is an antonym for jive in ridiculous situation or behavior topic.

Nearby Word: jiving

Reason

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

Jive is an antonym for reason.

Both words in one sentence

  • The only reason he earned the name Jack, was because he impressed some jive-talking bystanders immediately upon entering the future.
  • Series / Pawn Stars Sellers berserk buttons range from being told their item is fake, to hearing the expert opinion that doesn't jive with their reason of thinking.
  • Literature / High Fidelity At the night of the gig, Barry mentions the names Kathleen Turner Overdrive and Barry Jive and the Uptown Five in the film, and the names the Futuristics and Breakbeat in the book, for no apparent reason.
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