Term of the Day: kaibosh

kaibosh--to put a stop to something, an absolute stop. "The PSM put the kaibosh on texting backstage." (This word may really be Irish[Gaelic], not Yiddish.)

Term of the Night: kaibosh, kibosh

kaibosh, kibosh(sounds like Yiddish, but the etymology indicates it may be Gaelic[Irish])--to put an absolute stop to something. "The PSM put a kaibosh on the cast and crew texting backstage."