Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (also jive-end) deceitful, pretentious, arrogant, insincere.

a.1955		‘Pimping Sam’ in D. Wepman et al. Life (1976) 147: She was a stomp-down mud-kicker with kelsey hair, / A jive-ass bitch but her face was fair.
1958		Hughes & Bontemps Book of Negro Folklore 364: Lion said, Monkey, I don’t want / To hear your jive-end jive.
1964		R. Abrahams Deep Down In The Jungle 135: I was standing before some jive-ass judge and ten other men.
1972		R. Milner ‘The Flogging’ in King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 381: ‘Aw, jive-ass college boys,’ Jim sneered.
1977		E. Bunker Animal Factory 117: If she’s been a jive-ass bitch, fuck her in the ass.
1983		N. Heard House of Slammers 97: These neo-colonialist and jive-ass imperialists.
1998		(con. 1960s) G. Washington Blood Brothers 159: I know a jive-ass, no good loud mouthed nigger when I see one.
2000		F.X. Toole Rope Burns 12: Maybe he should watch his jive-ass racist mouth.

2. (also jiving-assed) a general derog. epithet.

1955		Hal Ellson Rock 81: Which jiving-assed mother-jumper talked out?
1962		(con. 1950s) H. Simmons Man Walking On Eggshells 204: Can you imagine a stud like me, who used to be one of the baddest mammy-tapping gangleaders in this jive town, now trying to uphold the law in this raggedy jive-ass city?
1972		(con. 1956) E. Grogan Ringolevio 15: Y’all wanna go see some stupid, jive-ass, motherfuckin’ lily show!
1985		O. Hawkins Chili 72: A bottom of the deck, private first class, jive ass soldier.
1994		P. Baker Blood Posse 2: Jive-ass motherfucker. Acts as if he was never a kid.
2000		Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 jive-ass Definition: foolish; annoying Example: Them pigs ain’t nothin but jive-ass turkeys.
2000		T. Fontana ‘Gray Matter’ Oz ser. 4 ep. 5 [TV script] What I hate is jive-ass niggers.