This is an etymological study of the origins of the word kibosh, which has long been one of the great mysteries of the English language. This monograph is one of the most significant etymological works directed at a single phrase.
This is an etymological study of the origins of the word kibosh, which has long been one of the great mysteries of the English language. This monograph is one of the most significant etymological works directed at a single phrase.
Gerald Cohen is Professor of German and Russian, with a research specialty in etymology, at Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA. Stephen Goranson works in the library of Duke University, where he also earned a doctorate. Matthew Little is Associate Professor of English at Mississippi State University.
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CHAPTER 1: Overview CHAPTER 2: Introduction: 'Origin unknown'; previous works; chronology CHAPTER 3: Penal Servitude! continued CHAPTER 4: Spread of put the kibosh on from Cockney CHAPTER 5: Kibosh in several newspaper accounts CHAPTER 6: Additional attestations of kibosh CHAPTER 7: Three competing etymologies are unconvincing CHAPTER 8: General observations APPENDICES Appendix #1: Anatoly Liberman's 2013 article 'Three Recent Theories of Kibosh, continued' (Aug. 14, 2013) Appendix #2: kibosh-from-kurbash etymology, evidently first Proposed by Matthew Little (Nov. 2009) Appendix #3: Several newspaper items about chimney sweeps Appendix #4: Political complexities in Britain of the early 1830s Appendix #5: Notes & Queries items on a Yiddish origin of kibosh/kybosh Appendix #6: Two pictures illustrating use of the kurbash REFERENCES INDEX
CHAPTER 1: Overview CHAPTER 2: Introduction: 'Origin unknown'; previous works; chronology CHAPTER 3: Penal Servitude! continued CHAPTER 4: Spread of put the kibosh on from Cockney CHAPTER 5: Kibosh in several newspaper accounts CHAPTER 6: Additional attestations of kibosh CHAPTER 7: Three competing etymologies are unconvincing CHAPTER 8: General observations APPENDICES Appendix #1: Anatoly Liberman's 2013 article 'Three Recent Theories of Kibosh, continued' (Aug. 14, 2013) Appendix #2: kibosh-from-kurbash etymology, evidently first Proposed by Matthew Little (Nov. 2009) Appendix #3: Several newspaper items about chimney sweeps Appendix #4: Political complexities in Britain of the early 1830s Appendix #5: Notes & Queries items on a Yiddish origin of kibosh/kybosh Appendix #6: Two pictures illustrating use of the kurbash REFERENCES INDEX
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