Kiboze

English

Verb

kiboze

1. to search the Usenet news for a string, especially with the intention of posting a follow-up, as popularized by James "Kibo " Parry.

   quotations

   "[...] 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." [1]

Etymology

portmanteau Kibo + bulldoze [2]

This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing , which is licensed under the GFDL .