"listsib" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: listsibs [plural]
Etymology: list + sib Etymology templates: {{compound|en|list|sib}} list + sib Head templates: {{en-noun}} listsib (plural listsibs)
  1. (Internet) A fellow member of a listserv or newsgroup. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-listsib-en-noun-RC~k6k1n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for listsib meaning in English (1.8kB)

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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "ref": "1999 December 19, DawnC, “Re: Priorities”, in alt.tv.sentinel (Usenet)",
          "text": "And there's another listsib who is in the hospital and needs our support, and I've been doing some things for her, too.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 February 17, Debbie Cusick, “Re: Olive Oil Mayonnaise”, in alt.support.diet.low-carb (Usenet)",
          "text": "I had a listsib from the UK mail me a couple bottles once to try and I really loved it a lot.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, anonymous e-mail, quoted in Heidi Campbell, Exploring Religious Community Online: We Are One in the Network, Peter Lang (2005), page 144",
          "text": "After this hallowed happening, we met all, ALL the listsibs present, it was like a party, meeting for the first time wonderous [sic] humans in the flesh... […]"
        }
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          "Internet",
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          "member",
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          "listserv",
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          "newsgroup",
          "newsgroup"
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        "(Internet) A fellow member of a listserv or newsgroup."
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