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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.
ibid by OneBadAsp November 2, 2006
Urban Dictionary Merch
The same, mostly used in quoting someone or in footnotes
"yo" -bill
"sup"-ibid
ibid by Myhnegon October 8, 2004
Related Words
"When times are frustrating and confusing, all I can do is Ibid up, girl!"
Ibid by J. Harker December 28, 2005
Collective noun for a group of people who are struggling.
That team have IBID syndrome
IBID by Gringo1 May 1, 2005

Ibid essay 

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."
Ibid essay by sporkonator May 28, 2009

ibidunni 

Ibidunni means sweet birth. Its a name given to a female yoruba girl. As the name implies, most people that bear this name are sweet, gentle and calm. A number of them are also beautiful and Intelligent.
ibidunni by Maaaaayy March 3, 2020
Someone who chases after good things.
They are usually beautiful, intelligent and have good fashion sense and possess good leadership skills .. but they overthink things and have their occasional rant sessions.
They are good lovers, gentle at heart and only express themselves when they are comfortable with you.
I love making money, I guess you can call me an ibidoki
ibidoki by Daphe_o November 11, 2020
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