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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 kibosh #106392 06/24/03 10:22 PM 06/24/03 10:22 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel wwh   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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 Re: kibosh #106393 06/25/03 03:47 AM 06/25/03 03:47 AM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean   old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 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. Re: kibosh #106394 06/25/03 07:33 AM 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. Re: kibosh #106395 05/28/04 02:35 PM 05/28/04 02:35 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 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 Re: kibosh #106396 07/14/05 01:40 AM 07/14/05 01:40 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont did someone put the kibosh on posting down here? I've always said KYE-bosh, too... formerly known as etaoin... Re: kibosh #106397 07/16/05 09:38 PM 07/16/05 09:38 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick   Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > 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! Re: iggrification #106398 07/16/05 10:17 PM 07/16/05 10:17 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York ha, mav! GMTA. :-x Re: kibosh #106399 07/16/05 10:56 PM 07/16/05 10:56 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > At least the air's cleaner with no obvious iggrification 'twas my very thought... <smile> formerly known as etaoin... Re: kibosh #106400 07/22/05 03:56 PM 07/22/05 03:56 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 87 Ohio V vanguard journeyman vanguard   journeyman V Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 87 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- ) Re: kibosh #106401 08/15/05 09:12 PM 08/15/05 09:12 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,113 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,113 Worcester, MA New York City here, as least formative-years-wise. (Upper Bronx, at that.) Definitely KYE-bosh. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 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. 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