Is it pronounced kibosh or kibosh?
1. Kibosh. Let’s put the kibosh, pronounced “KY-bosh,” on saying this word like “kuh-BOSH.”
What language is kibosh?
Peter Maher traces kibosh to French caboche “head (informal), noodle, nut” or rather the English verb cabosh (from French) “to cut off a stag’s head behind the ears (with no part of the neck in view) as a trophy.” Both the noun and the verb are common terms in heraldry.
How do you pronounce Kybosh?
Is kibosh a Yiddish?
The origin of kibosh is unknown — though many people think it’s Yiddish, the word’s earliest use was probably in an Irish neighborhood in London in the early 1800s.