Drivel vs Dribble

Drivel, ime, is only used as a noun, while dribble is properly speaking a verb.

cannot remember ever seeing "dribble" used outside the context of basketball or saliva

it's fucking drivel

I've seen people use "dribble" in this context but it can be used an indicator that they're the type of person who is wrong.

Oxford dictionary mentions an archaic usage of 'drivel' (presumably its original meaning) as a verb describing saliva or drool dripping from the mouth. So, when people started using drivel to mean nonsense, they were alluding to the words dripping or streaming out like saliva. It would seem people 'mistakenly' using dribble in that way are just doing the same thing. Maybe it will eventually become accepted usage.

I've seen people use "dribble" in this context but it can be used an indicator that they're the type of person who is wrong.

OTM, and the type of people who considers themselves smart but don't do much reading. See also "for all intensive purposes."

http://dribbble.com

Never encountered it outside of "Burn After Reading"

But I guess my experiences don't necessarily jive with everybody's

what's up with the sudden interest in eggcorns?

But I guess my experiences don't necessarily jive with everybody's

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, September 5, 2014 2:39 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

jibe turkey

heh

I like the cut of your jibe.

Don't understand those nautical terms too well, I'm pretty much a land-lover

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Ooh, interesting. I've heard the variation "he's the spit of", which probably is a derivative of the more usual "spitting" version but may be just as close to the original, it sounds like? Google ngrams seems to recognise it as popular, but unfortunately it's a phrase that could be used in the non-idiomatic sense, so those results may be useless.