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Gibe vs. Jibe

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Vonn hurt by Mancuso jibe over popularity

OLYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING/SUPERG-Does anyone there have a journalism degree or maybe English?

Jibe = sailing term. Gibe = mocking term.

How does this make a worldwide article headline?

W.O.

In British English, jibe is the correct spelling for the word Americans know as gibe: GBU Editor

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/jibe_1?view=uk

Bronze medalist Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. is wrapped in her national flag as she adjusts her skis on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women’s Alpine Skiing Super-G race at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 20, 2010. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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