An abbreviation for ibidem, which literally means "in the place mentioned before". The word is typically used in bibliographies and other reference materials to indicate that a quote from a previously referenced source in being repeated.
Because he only used one source for his paper, there were 79 ibid notations.
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The same, mostly used in quoting someone or in footnotes
"yo" -bill
"sup"-ibid
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"When times are frustrating and confusing, all I can do is Ibid up, girl!"
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Collective noun for a group of people who are struggling.
That team have IBID syndrome
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A paper which cites one or two sources at most, not pretending to do anything more than condense the work of another author and put entirely unoriginal thoughts forward. Hence the list of citations is almost entirely "Ibid., Ibid., Ibid., Ibid..."
e.g.
1 Mowinckel, S. p. 3
2 Ibid. p.3
3 Ibid. p.3
4 Ibid. p.4
5 Ibid. p.3

"Last week's tute was my third Ibid essay in a row. I can't be bothered to read more than one book a week."
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