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obviosity

The quite obvious fact that an event happened right before your eyes, yet some jerk has to scream "did you see that!?!'
John had the obviosity to point out the apparent balloon that had just popped.
by surajr. May 31, 2011
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Obvious Troll

Obvious Troll is a widely accepted term describing a forum contributor who contributes with very obvious posts or asks questions for which there are only obvious answers. Obvious troll posts are a subject to flames or flame wars on forums.
A: d(o.o)b
OT: How do you get the backwards "b"
A: it is called a "d"
X: OT, that was such an obvious troll question
by Noeh October 14, 2008
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captain obvious

Someone: Soda's bad for you.
Me: Thanks, Captain Obvious!
by dj gs68 August 23, 2003
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obvious

The favorite word of mathematicians and computer scientists alike. Used when they don't want to go into detail about a component of their paper or proof. Sometimes acts to discourage people from asking unwanted questions by making them feel stupid.
"While the Binary Indexed Tree is a data structure designed to implement dynamic cumulative frequency tables, efficiently answering range queries with point updates, given a static array, it is obvious that this is unnecessary, as the table can easily be generated by processing the array using a simple O(n) loop." -A Computer Scientist
by ReaderOfProofs May 11, 2016
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Obversism

The act of using a made up word that no-one else understands in order to sound intelligent or get higher marks in an oral presentation.
Marcus: "Woah, David just pulled a wicked Obversism on me."
David: "Bazinga."
by launch2k August 11, 2016
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Mr Obvious

What you call someone when they say something really stupid.
Me: Oi, whats a shock absorber?
David: Something that absorbs shock.
Me: Thank you, Mr Obvious =.=
by King Victah August 24, 2008
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Captain Obvious and the World of Yesterday

Someone who's so dumb it's frightening. In other words, a master of the obvious and old news.
Jake: Did you know that crabs is spelled with a "c" and not a "k"?

Joe: Thank you, Captain Obvious and the World of Yesterday.
by Ink Spot Mike's wife June 2, 2007
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