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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: kibosh #106394 06/25/03 07:33 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D 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 06/24/03 10:22 PM Re: kibosh Coffeebean 06/25/03 03:47 AM Re: kibosh dxb 06/25/03 07:33 AM Re: kibosh tsuwm 05/28/04 02:35 PM Re: kibosh Buffalo Shrdlu 07/14/05 01:40 AM Re: kibosh maverick 07/16/05 09:38 PM Re: iggrification AnnaStrophic 07/16/05 10:17 PM Re: kibosh Buffalo Shrdlu 07/16/05 10:56 PM Re: kibosh vanguard 07/22/05 03:56 PM Re: kibosh wofahulicodoc 08/15/05 09:12 PM Re: kibosh pearliemay 03/25/07 03:43 AM Re: kibosh BranShea 03/25/07 10:16 AM Re: kibosh LukeJavan8 02/15/09 05:00 PM Zubenelgenubi LukeJavan8 03/20/09 09:42 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi BranShea 03/21/09 01:17 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi Buffalo Shrdlu 03/21/09 01:32 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi BranShea 03/21/09 01:40 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi Buffalo Shrdlu 03/21/09 05:58 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi zmjezhd 03/21/09 02:11 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi BranShea 03/21/09 05:58 PM Re: Zubenelgenubi LukeJavan8 03/22/09 05:41 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,117 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 440 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,024 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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