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A circular object, usually steel, that has a pattern or shape cut out and is used in lights to manipulate how it looks. This can be to make it shapes like arrows or a window, or to give it a texture.
"Go put that foliage breakup gobo in the 3rd stage right ellipsoidal."
gobo by DanDan TechieMan April 1, 2009
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Acronym for General Overall Body Odor.
Wow, she is hot as hell, but I'll have to get past her wicked stinchy gobo.
Gobo by JohnB058 March 15, 2010
A Gobo, derived from the phrase "girl hobo", is used to describe a female who is bumming it out in sweats, or in other words, looks homeless. It could also refer to a girl who lives in a cardboard box.
"Guys, I'm such a Gobo today."
"Two Gobos, one cardboard box"
Gobo by TheGoboLyfe October 11, 2013
Any form of substance used as a filler to fill gaps, cracks, holes or spaces that need to be filled. These fillers can be professional fillers used in automotive body repairs, building fillers and cement or even rough mixtures lending themselves to be pushed and manipulated into the area to be filled up.

Derived from "Go Between"
"Get some gobo on that panel so it is ready for sanding in the morning"

"Shove some gobo in it, that should do the trick"

"Get some gobo mixed up ready for building this wall"
Gobo by KingDavido November 27, 2013
A Gobo is a yellow thing no one knows what the actual heck it is. It's known for being abundant on Scratch since it gets slapped onto anything it can.
Joe: Hey come look at this thing I found!
Bob: NOT ANOTHER FUCKING GOBO
Gobo by Username The Nameious March 8, 2021
go + hobo. A homeless person who travels, primarily hitch-hikes from city to city. Can be spotted in several different cities periodically, asking for cash or free rides. Occasionally they have an ultimate destination.
Jim: Hey, isn't that the hobo we saw back in Vegas?
Frank: Yeah, if he's so poor, how'd he get all the way here to Reno?
Jim: He's a gobo.
gobo by Glomwill February 9, 2008