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fobby

adj

Etymology

From FOB + -y.

  1. derived from figo — “to fix, fasten”
  2. derived from *pewǵ-✻ — “to assail, strike”
  3. derived from *fikkja✻
  4. derived from Fobke
  5. suffixed as fobby — “FOB + y”

Definitions

  1. Having the characteristics of a FOB (a recent immigrant)

    Having the characteristics of a FOB (a recent immigrant); not having assimilated into the local culture.

    • “You know what we have to do,” the Hong Kong doctor was saying, and now he was catching on to the thickness of her fobby accent, which she had hidden all along until 1:30 A.M., or whatever the Nomos Minimatik said it was,[…]

  2. Alternative letter-case form of fobby.

    • While being FOBby is undesirable, being FOBulous is tight, as evidenced by the terms' usage among popular Desi teens.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA