verb · intransitive

kiboze

kiboze · kibozes · kibozed · kibozing

To search the Usenet newsgroups for a text string, particularly one's name or…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.

Meaning

1 senses

(Internet)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.

Origin

back-formation from kibozing, itself an agglutination of Kibo + bozo + ing http://groups.g

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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Forms

kibozes, kibozing, kibozed, kibozed

Base form	kiboze · to kiboze
3rd person singular	kibozes
Present participle	kibozing
Past simple	kibozed
Past participle	kibozed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	kiboze
he, she, it	kibozes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

kibozed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have kibozed
he, she, it	has kibozed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will kiboze

Synonyms

1 synonyms

namesearch

Word family

2 related words

Relatedkibozer egosurfing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle