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I'm not hip to your jive
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Default Re: what's the meaning of the following?

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I'm not hip to your jive
Roughly, in horrible American slang, it means 'I don't like what you are saying.'
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It means

I am not understanding what you are doing

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I am not agreeing to your actions or words

Being "hip to the jive" is more 1960'2 Beatnik era-speak than current slang.
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Default Re: what's the meaning of the following?

In this context:

hip = knowledgeable
jive = nonesense

It basically means: I don't understand you, you're not making sense, you're crazy.

Hip can also mean trendy.

Jive can also mean a lie or lie to:

That's jive. = That's a lie or that's nonesense.
Don't jive me. = Don't lie to me or don't fool around with me.
You're jiving me. = You're lying or you're joking.

Jive also refers to the swing style of jazz, as in the songs "Jive at Five" and "Jumpin' Jive."
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