kiboze v.
[Usenet] To grep the Usenet news
for a string, especially with the intention of posting a
follow-up. This activity was popularised by Kibo (see KIBO, sense 2).
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kibozo /ki:-boh'zoh/ n.
[Usenet] One who kibozes but is
not Kibo (see KIBO, sense 2).
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kick v.
1. [IRC] To cause somebody to be removed from a IRC channel, an option only available to channel
ops. This is an extreme measure, often used to combat extreme
flamage or flooding, but sometimes used at the CHOP's whim. Compare gun. 2. To reboot a machine or kill a running
process. "The server's down, let me go kick it."
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kill file n.
[Usenet; very common] (alt. `KILL file') Per-user file(s) used
by some Usenet reading programs
(originally Larry Wall's rn(1)) to discard summarily
(without presenting for reading) articles matching some
particularly uninteresting (or unwanted) patterns of subject,
author, or other header lines. Thus to add a person (or subject)
to one's kill file is to arrange for that person to be ignored by
one's newsreader in future. By extension, it may be used for a
decision to ignore the person or subject in other media. See also
plonk.