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How do you pronounce "kibosh"?

KY-bosh
16 (55.2%)
ka-BOSH
12 (41.4%)
Kevin Moore put the kibosh on being open
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How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« on: January 24, 2017, 06:38:38 AM »
I've heard this said both ways.  The "ka" in option 2 is pronounced like "kazoo".
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2017, 06:47:55 AM »
I think it's sort of the second version, but more like ki-BOSH.   I usually pronounce it exaggeratedly, like in the cartoons "KEE-bosh") but I don't put that out as the best official pronunciation. 
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2017, 07:03:53 AM »
Learnt a new word. Thank you!
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2017, 07:08:05 AM »
I have always pronounced it KY-bosh, but I have no idea if that is correct.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2017, 07:14:51 AM »
Quote from: hefdaddy42 on January 24, 2017, 07:08:05 AM
I have always pronounced it KY-bosh, but I have no idea if that is correct.

Ditto.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2017, 07:15:35 AM »
I don't think I've heard it pronounced any other way but the first.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2017, 07:34:18 AM »
I don't pronounce it either way, because it's not a word I have ever used or would ever use. I think I've maybe heard it more often the first way, but it's not a word I've heard often enough to care either way how someone pronounces it.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2017, 08:52:27 AM »
I've literally only heard ka-BOSH until reading this thread. Chris Bosh would also be acceptable.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2017, 09:16:54 AM »
ka-BOSK!!!
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2017, 09:23:58 AM »
Quote from: Stadler on January 24, 2017, 06:47:55 AM
I think it's sort of the second version, but more like ki-BOSH.

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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2017, 12:06:59 PM »
I've heard both. For some reason i like KY-bosh more, but I have no reason for that. I know Al Michaels says ki-BOSH on some of the Sunday Night Football telecasts, but an old boss I had said KY-bosh. I honeslty haven't a clue because I don't really use it much myself.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2017, 12:20:37 PM »
Even though Seinfeld says otherwise, I say it ka-bosh.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2017, 12:45:32 PM »
kew-pon or koo-pon?
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2017, 12:46:27 PM »
kyoo-pon
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2017, 01:28:12 PM »
koo-pon
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2017, 01:36:00 PM »
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2017, 01:45:51 PM »
And you guys make fun of the Boston accent. :lol

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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2017, 03:01:50 PM »
Quote from: bosk1 on January 24, 2017, 09:16:54 AM
ka-BOSK!!!

Really?  :lol

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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2017, 03:03:56 PM »
I'm pretty sure I've never actually said this word.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2017, 07:23:44 AM »
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2017, 11:54:05 AM »
Kye Bosh.

Never once heard it said any other way.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2017, 12:59:51 PM »
Quote from: hefdaddy42 on January 24, 2017, 01:28:12 PM
koo-pon

Short of the French pronunciation of the word (since that's the origin), that's the closest approximation.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2017, 05:58:52 AM »
I don't.
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2017, 03:53:12 PM »
The 2nd option. Kih-BOSH
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #26 on: January 27, 2017, 07:21:37 PM »
KY-boche
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Re: How do you pronounce "kibosh"?
« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2017, 06:08:03 AM »
I always thought it was Kai-bosh...
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