kiboze

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verb

To search the Usenet newsgroups for a text string, particularly one's name or nickname, especially with the intention of posting a follow-up, as popularized by James "Kibo" Parry.

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Meanings

verbkiboze (third-person singular simple present kibozes, present participle kibozing, simple past and past participle kibozed)

present singular third person kibozes · participle present kibozing · participle past kibozed · past kibozed

  1. InternetTo search the Usenet newsgroups for a text string, particularly one's name or nickname, especially with the intention of posting a follow-up, as popularized by James "Kibo" Parry.

    The idiot apparently adds spaces to people's names to prevent kibozing. It doesn't help when you're replying to me in a newsgroup I read; I'll find that article just fine. Besides, I don't kiboze. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/misc.fitness.weights/msg/452e24b785207bb5

    Synonyms: namesearch

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo search the Usenet newsgroups for a text string, particularly one's name or nickname, especially with the intention of posting a follow-up, as popularized by James "Kibo" Parry.

Similar
namesearch
Also see
namesearch

Origin

back-formation from kibozing, itself an agglutination of Kibo + bozo + ing http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.kibology/browse_thread/thread/222e8778f60a70b2/4fa5dcbe6d0bfdc8?lnk=st&q=kibozing#4fa5dcbe6d0bfdc8.

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APA

kiboze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiboze

MLA

“kiboze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiboze. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kiboze,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiboze.

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