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  • verb Internet, slang In Kibology, the practice of misreading text to humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.

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wacky +‎ parse. Though wackyparsing as a concept probably originated in Kibology (at alt.religion.kibology), at least as early as 1998, the term has come to have wider usage, particularly on Usenet.

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