Definitions

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  • adjective slang Worthless, unreliable
  • noun slang Insincere, unreliable person

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Examples

  • You keep talking about being a singer because your jive-ass brother says you have a voice and he could manage you.

    The Punany Experience Jessica Holter 2010

  • You keep talking about being a singer because your jive-ass brother says you have a voice and he could manage you.

    The Punany Experience Jessica Holter 2010

  • You keep talking about being a singer because your jive-ass brother says you have a voice and he could manage you.

    The Punany Experience Jessica Holter 2010

  • You keep talking about being a singer because your jive-ass brother says you have a voice and he could manage you.

    The Punany Experience Jessica Holter 2010

  • Perhaps it's a generational thing but making an issue out of Cuomo's comment is, itself, a shuck & a jive-ass thing to do.

    Hillary Supporter Andrew Cuomo On Her NH Win: "You Can't Shuck And Jive" w/Press Corps 2009

  • New York Times 'columnist David Brooks appears to be one of the few people nonsensical enough to actually laud ABC's mix of jive-ass wankery and lack of conviction that was on display in last night's absurd debate.

    Huffington Post: ABC's Democratic Debate: HuffPost Bloggers Respond 2008

  • (Clockwise left to Right) Sister Rhonna, Sister Roseanna, Sister Clara, and Sister Beatrice warm up their pipes for a turn around the Midway on James 'Velocycle, led by Father Seamus, jive-ass extraordinaire.

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006

  • For instance, when Snoop Dogg was caught trying to take a giant metal police baton onto a plane in September he didn't get the chance to use it for its intended purposes - like altering the air condition levels from 21 inches away, clearing the aisle of blankets and coats so the flight attendants could have clear passage in emergencies and busting up the heads of any jive-ass muthafuckers who looked at him funny.

    Snoop Dogg’s Massive Weapon Earns Him Community Service 2007

  • Mostly it was some kind of, you know, finger-popping, jive-ass flip nonsense ...

    CNN Transcript May 16, 2005 2005

  • "Shiiittt, that jive-ass course don't mean nothin 'to me," he said.

    The O'Reilly Factor O'Reilly, Bill 2000

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