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listsib en · NOUN

Etymology

From list + sib.

Meanings

1. (Internet) A fellow member of a listserv or newsgroup.
   • I had a listsib from the UK mail me a couple bottles once to try and I really loved it a lot. 2002 February 17, Debbie Cusick, “Re: Olive Oil Mayonnaise”, in alt.support.diet.low-carb (Usenet):
   • And there's another listsib who is in the hospital and needs our support, and I've been doing some things for her, too. 1999 December 19, DawnC, “Re: Priorities”, in alt.tv.sentinel (Usenet):
   • 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... […] 2005, anonymous e-mail, quoted in Heidi Campbell, Exploring Religious Community Online: We Are One in the Network, Peter Lang (2005), page 144

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