kiboze
kiboze 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.
Verb
kiboze (third-person singular simple present kibozes, present participle kibozing, simple past and past participle kibozed)
- 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.
- 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 of kiboze
Forms of kiboze
| third-person singular present | kibozes |
|---|---|
| present participle | kibozing |
| past participle | kibozed |
| past | kibozed |
Origin of kiboze
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.
Questions about kiboze
- What does kiboze mean?
- Kiboze means 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.
- What part of speech is kiboze?
- Kiboze is a verb.
- What is the past tense of kiboze?
- The past tense of kiboze is kibozed.
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