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Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Topic Options #106392 - 06/24/03 06:22 PM kibosh wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 I haven't heard this word for a long time. Wow and BYB used it a year ago, but it was not defined. For discussion see: http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/kibosh.htm Top #106393 - 06/24/03 11:47 PM Re: kibosh Coffeebean old hand Registered: 02/11/03 Posts: 725 Loc: Oregon, USA My husband uses kibosh frequently, but pronounces it KYE-bosh. (He grew up in Pennsylvania and New York states). I grew up in California and have always heard it pronounced kah-BOSH. To squelch or put a curse on something? Unexpected thundershowers put the kibosh on our plans to swim the lake. Top #106394 - 06/25/03 03:33 AM Re: kibosh dxb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/06/02 Posts: 1692 Loc: UK I've always heard it as 'kyebosh'. Dr Bill's link to Quinion has some interesting history and speculation. Apparently the word was first used here in London and appears in a work by Dickens. Top #106395 - 05/28/04 10:35 AM Re: kibosh tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass M-W puts the kibosh on both the Yiddish and Irish notions of derivation here: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl Top #106396 - 07/13/05 09:40 PM Re: kibosh Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont did someone put the kibosh on posting down here? I've always said KYE-bosh, too... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #106397 - 07/16/05 05:38 PM Re: kibosh maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757 > posting down here At least the air's cleaner with no obvious iggrification ~ there's no-one putting the kibosh on every thread in sight! Top #106398 - 07/16/05 06:17 PM Re: iggrification AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York ha, mav! GMTA. :-x Top #106399 - 07/16/05 06:56 PM Re: kibosh Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont > At least the air's cleaner with no obvious iggrification 'twas my very thought... <smile> _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #106400 - 07/22/05 11:56 AM Re: kibosh vanguard journeyman Registered: 12/09/02 Posts: 87 Loc: Ohio Yeah, kinda nice down here below the fold... I've heard both kah-BOSH and KYE-bosh. Grew up and still live in Ohio. _________________________ What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le Guin, author (1929- ) Top #106401 - 08/15/05 05:12 PM Re: kibosh wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3845 Loc: Worcester, MA New York City here, as least formative-years-wise. (Upper Bronx, at that.) Definitely KYE-bosh. Top Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210094 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4, rsvalley 8452 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (zhangzhen), 44 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 100 endymion6 70 wofahulicodoc 70 jenny jenny 61 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 22 Faldage 13 tsuwm 10 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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