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kiboze

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To search the Usenet newsgroups for a text string, particularly one's name or nickname, especially with the intention of posting a follow-up, as popularized by James "Kibo" Parry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Examples

  • The idiot apparently adds spaces to people's names to prevent kibozing. It doesn't help when you're replying to me in a newsgroup I read; I'll find that article just fine. Besides, I don't kiboze. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/misc.fitness.weights/msg/452e24b785207bb5

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History

Etymology

back-formation from kibozing, itself an agglutination of Kibo + bozo + ing http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.kibology/browse_thread/thread/222e8778f60a70b2/4fa5dcbe6d0bfdc8?lnk=st&q=kibozing#4fa5dcbe6d0bfdc8.