# What is the origin of the word "Kibosh" ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-kibosh/231448>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 27, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-kibosh/231448 "2004-02-27T11:21:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Achilles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-kibosh/231448/1 "2004-02-27T11:21:40Z")

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As in “to put the Kibosh on something”…

[dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) couldn’t help.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-kibosh/231448/2 "2004-02-27T11:28:32Z")

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[Google could though](http://www.quinion.com/words/articles/kibosh.htm) (first hit, lazy!).

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**Author:** ![Achilles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-kibosh/231448/3 "2004-02-27T11:33:41Z")

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Sorry dude. Thanks for the link though.

I bet it’s the same for my “Kosh” thread - isn’t it ?

I’ll go and check…