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corporate jive 

The brand of speech that the leaders of the corporate world frequently use in long, useless meetings about having other meetings, especially with regard to project and staff performance. Key works in the corporate jive language include hyphenated adjectives describing people, such as "highly- efficient," "self-starter," "goal-oreinted," and "power-user;" and non-commital descriptions of business performance such as "moderately optimistic," "below projected outlook," and "downtrend."
Despite the downtrend in the economy that has shown our revenues to be below the projected outlook, Vassal Company remains moderately optimistic about performance in the next quarter due to the highly efficient staff we have retained.
corporate jive by Aristophenes October 13, 2004
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RollingStone raves the Hillside Jive is the best coached bearded band in the area.
Hillside Jive by jaydawg3000 January 9, 2010

Sand Nigger Jive

Arabic music that is played in US Army internet cafes in iraq.
Derek: Did you check your facebook last night?

Ryan: No i couldnt, all the bandwidth was being hogged by the Iraqis playing the sand nigger jive.

five cent jive 

Five Cent Jive is term used in the same context as "bullshit"
When that girl told me she wasn't a whore, I knew it was all five cent jive.
five cent jive by Catalyst August 13, 2004

collar my jive 

To ask someone if they understand what one is saying or implying.
While grabbing your shirt, say "Collar my Jive?" Equivalent to saying the following: Get my meaning? Catch my drift? Do you understand me?