listsib

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noun

A fellow member of a listserv or newsgroup.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounlistsib (plural listsibs)

plural listsibs

  1. InternetA fellow member of a listserv or newsgroup.

    I had a listsib from the UK mail me a couple bottles once to try and I really loved it a lot.

    2002 February 17, Debbie Cusick, “Re: Olive Oil Mayonnaise”, in alt.support.diet.low-carb (Usenet)
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    And there's another listsib who is in the hospital and needs our support, and I've been doing some things for her, too.

    1999 December 19, DawnC, “Re: Priorities”, in alt.tv.sentinel (Usenet)

    After this hallowed happening, we met all, ALL the listsibs present, it was like a party, meeting for the first time wonderous [sic] humans in the flesh... […]

    2005, anonymous e-mail, quoted in Heidi Campbell, Exploring Religious Community Online: We Are One in the Network, Peter Lang (2005), page 144

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APA

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