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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 #106392 - 06/24/03 10:22 PM kibosh   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel 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 #106393 - 06/25/03 03:47 AM Re: kibosh   Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 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. #106394 - 06/25/03 07:33 AM Re: kibosh   Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 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. #106395 - 05/28/04 02:35 PM Re: kibosh   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 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 #106396 - 07/14/05 01:40 AM Re: kibosh   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 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... #106397 - 07/16/05 09:38 PM Re: kibosh   Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick   Carpal Tunnel 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! #106398 - 07/16/05 10:17 PM Re: iggrification   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York ha, mav! GMTA. :-x #106399 - 07/16/05 10:56 PM Re: kibosh   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 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... #106400 - 07/22/05 03:56 PM Re: kibosh   Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 87 vanguard journeyman vanguard   journeyman 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- ) #106401 - 08/15/05 09:12 PM Re: kibosh   Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,877 wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,877 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. (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 Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,880 Posts224,649 Members9,045 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members DavidOrigami, RichEngle, Stosh2010, CarolWilliamson, Farscape07 9045 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 102 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 54 A C Bowden 30 LukeJavan8 13 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,120 wofahulicodoc 7,877 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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