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kiboze.

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.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. 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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Where this word comes from

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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