listsib

English

Etymology

list +‎ sib

Noun

listsib (plural listsibs)

1. (Internet) A fellow member of a listserv or newsgroup.
   • 1999 December 19, DawnC, “Re: Priorities”, in alt.tv.sentinel‎^[1] (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.

   • 2002 February 17, Debbie Cusick, “Re: Olive Oil Mayonnaise”, in alt.support.diet.low-carb‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I had a listsib from the UK mail me a couple bottles once to try and I really loved it a lot.

   • 2005, anonymous e-mail, quoted in Heidi Campbell, Exploring Religious Community Online: We Are One in the Network, Peter Lang (2005), →ISBN, page 144:

     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... […]