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kiboze
verb (kiboz, ing)
  1. to search the Usenet news for a string, particularly one's name or nickname, especially with the intention of posting a follow-up, as popularized by James "w:Kibo, Kibo" Parry.
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"... 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 ." http://groups-beta.google.com/group/misc.fitness.weights/msg/452e24b785207bb5
Etymology: portmanteau w:Kibo, Kibo + bulldoze http://groups-beta.google.com/group/bit.listserv.words-l/msg/df4d5d6a4f4b6eabThis article was originally based on material from the w:Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is w:Wikipedia:Foldoc_license, licensed under the w:GFDL, GFDL.

     
 
  

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