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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: kibosh #106394 06/25/2003 7:33 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted kibosh wwh 06/24/2003 10:22 PM Re: kibosh Coffeebean 06/25/2003 3:47 AM Re: kibosh dxb 06/25/2003 7:33 AM Re: kibosh tsuwm 05/28/2004 2:35 PM Re: kibosh Buffalo Shrdlu 07/14/2005 1:40 AM Re: kibosh maverick 07/16/2005 9:38 PM Re: iggrification AnnaStrophic 07/16/2005 10:17 PM Re: kibosh Buffalo Shrdlu 07/16/2005 10:56 PM Re: kibosh vanguard 07/22/2005 3:56 PM Re: kibosh wofahulicodoc 08/15/2005 9:12 PM Re: kibosh pearliemay 03/25/2007 3:43 AM Re: kibosh BranShea 03/25/2007 10:16 AM Re: kibosh LukeJavan8 02/15/2009 5:00 PM Zubenelgenubi LukeJavan8 03/20/2009 9:42 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi BranShea 03/21/2009 1:17 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi Buffalo Shrdlu 03/21/2009 1:32 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi BranShea 03/21/2009 1:40 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi Buffalo Shrdlu 03/21/2009 5:58 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi zmjezhd 03/21/2009 2:11 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi BranShea 03/21/2009 5:58 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi LukeJavan8 03/22/2009 5:41 PM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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