frob

VERB

1. (transitive) Abbreviation of "frobnicate". To tweak or fiddle around with the physical element(s) of some technology, typically in a random, aimless, or silly way.

-While tweaking something tends to imply smaller/finer adjustments, frobbing something generally suggests larger more erratic movements.

2. To perform a task (especially a technological one) that is clear to the speaker but too complex or tedious to be explained, so that outside help is not helpful.

NOUN

1. Abbreviation of "frobnitz". Slang for "widget", "gizmo", or "thing"; generally (but not exclusively) used in contexts related to technology.

Etymology:

Originates (circa 1959) from from the Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) at MIT; coining often attributed to David R. Sawyer.

See also: "foo", "mung".

(Verb, 1) "To make a new sound, I just frob the buttons and nobs on my synthesizer until I get a noise that I like."

(Verb, 2) "Why don't you go grab lunch? I need to frob the turboencabulator for about another hour to get it working smoothly."

(Noun, 1) "I found this frob on the floor in the computer room, any idea what it goes to?"

by EbonHawk7x November 1, 2020

foob

A completely made up slang term that has never ever been used by any living human being other than Lynn Johnston in her horrible comic strip, For Better of For Worse. It is supposedly a hybrid of the word fool and boob.

April Patterson: "You're such a foob, mom!"
Ellie Patterson: "Well, you were an accident."
April Patterson: ::Stunned silence::

by PreMed January 27, 2007

foobar

A common term found in unix/linux/bsd program help pages as space fillers for a word.
Or, can be used as a less intense or childish form of fubar.

To run the program, simply cd to the directory you installed it in like this:
user@localhost cd foo/bar

or

The server foobared again?

by FinalPhoenix September 23, 2003

floobies

Used to describe breasts that are saggy, and floppy.

Man, your grandma's got some wicked floobies.

She'd be hot if it weren't for those floobies.

by Bob Johnson April 6, 2004

Frobbed

To be frobbed, fingered and robbed.

Eg; Omg girls at the weekend this guy frobbed me.
Or; Dude at the weekend i totally frobbed this bird, stole some bread and crisps!

by pierrepickleportal May 15, 2014

Frooble

Small white, almost bunny like creatures with there right ear slightly bigger than their left. They move by bouncing and are so happy that if they frown or swear, they explode. Watch out, they might joyfully kill you.

The humans studied the specimen, a waist high Frooble.

The Frooble hopped happilly through the streets of Froobletopia.

by Dohemio Zork November 6, 2007

foobar

1) A placeholder used in programming, and other computer uses

2)Short for the music player foobar2000, named after the above definition

1)
int main() {
int foo;
int bar;
cin >> foo;
cin >> bar;

2)
open foobar

by michaeltheurbandictionarian October 23, 2011