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FOB
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Appendix:Variations of "fob"
English
Alternative forms
en F.O.B. F. O. B. fob
Pronunciation
en En-au-FOB.ogg AU
Adjective
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en incoterm en free on board.
en slang en fresh off the boat.
en 2022 w:Ling Ma Bliss Montage G New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 978-0-374-71712-4 All I knew was, the three-year gap made the difference between passing as American and being exposed as FOB.
Noun
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en military en w:forward operating base.
en flash of brilliance.
en freedom of belief.
en US politics en friend of Bill: a supporter of Bill Clinton.
en 2007 David Lebedoff The Uncivil War: How a New Elite Is Destroying Our Democracy 133 It seemed at times that everyone was an FOB — everyone, that is, who'd emerged from the ivyest groves of academia
en Indian en foot overbridge: a pedestrian overpass.
en 2014-08-30 http://www.thehindu.com/features/downtown/need-for-foot-over-bridge-keenly-felt/article6364934.ece D. Madhavan Need for foot over bridge keenly felt The Hindu There has been an inordinate delay in starting work on the foot over bridge (FOB) with escalators in front of D.G. Vaishnav College on Poonamallee High Road in Arumbakkam. The FOB at P.H. Road, which is maintained by the state highways department, is one of seven similar facilities planned at various places in the city at a cost of Rs. 28 crore and being executed by the department. https://web.archive.org/web/20241205030924/https://www.thehindu.com/features/downtown/need-for-foot-over-bridge-keenly-felt/article6364934.ece 5 December 2024
en sometimes _ pejorative en fresh off the boat, a recent immigrant.
en freshie greener new chum Thesaurus:newcomer
en 1993 Susan Kulkin Speaking Out: Teenagers Take on Race, Sex, and Identity New York G.P. Putnam's Sons 0399223436 CkNEoForQ70C 59 FOBs Everyone was Chinese. Some of the students were ABCs. That means "American-born Chinese." Others were FOBs. FOB means "fresh off the boat" and it is a bad insult. I didn't feel prejudiced about the FOBs because I was one of them.
en pathology en fecal occult blood.
en father of the bride.
Derived terms
en fobby FOBT fobbit FOBulous
Proper noun
en music en w:Fall Out Boy, an American pop-punk band formed in Chicago.
Further reading
cj47mby f.o.b. n
Anagrams
en bfo BOF F. B. O. F.B.O. F/B/O FBO
en People