'For "Kibosh": More evidence a whip can be "put on".'

Author

Pascal Tréguer

Editor(s)

Gerald Cohen

Recommended Citation

Tréguer, P. (2019). 'For "Kibosh": More evidence a whip can be "put on".'. Comments on Etymology, December 2019, 49(3), pp. 21-36. Gerald Leonard Cohen.

Department(s)

Arts, Languages, and Philosophy

Comments

Introduction by the Editor, Gerald Cohen

Other articles of interest on this topic include:

• The Origin of Kibosh
• Comments on Etymology, May 2019: Kibosh Update #4 (Compilation)
• Revisit to kibosh – rejecting the Irish ‘cap-of-death’ etymology
• Revisit to kibosh – OED3’s tentative consideration of a Yiddish origin for kibosh in ‘put the kibosh on’ should be definitively set aside
• More on kibosh: ca. 1830 "Penal Servitude!" broadside denounced the callousness (not merely ineffectiveness) of the reform activity of the early 1830’s

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2019 Gerald Cohen, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Dec 2019