Roob

Roger Price (creator of MadLibs) in his 1970 classic, "The Roob Revolution" created the term 'roob' to denote the so-called Silent Majority of his time. They are still with us today, as evidenced by the political 'career' of Sarah Palin et al.

The roobs are immediately identifiable not only by their uneducated mangling of our language (I will refer you to his book and Paul Fussell's immortal treatise "Class" for more detail) but their inability to see cause and effect of their own toxic behavior.

It may also be referred to with the plural roobs and the collective noun roobdom.

Obviously, it is derived from the derogatory urban slang of yesteryear, rube which was short for reuben, referring to an undereducated rural person (e.g., "Reuben Reuben I've Been Thinking").

A synonym: bubs, as in 'the bubs', a depiction of the Elmer Fudd like qualities of the modern rube.

If you live in the U.S., just look around you; they are everywhere. They are in some ways the American version of Orwell's 'proles.'

Here are some examples of RoobSpeak from Mr. Price:

Dropping the 'g' on present participles (think Bush's speechifyin');

Misuse of the word 'penultimate' to mean 'ultimate';

the infallible mark of the roob, according to Price, is the pronunciation of the word "interesting" as "inna-ress-ing"

with the stress on the third syllable.

by Lamb Cannon July 14, 2009

The Robsta

the rob·sta

n : The Robsta is the coolest stud on the face of the earth. Beware, massive amounts of coolness and awesomeness protrude from this fellow. he is the original Robsta. all other Robstas are fakes and frauds. Trying to achive his amazing stature, only to fail horribly.

adj : A word used to describe the coolest of cool. Only ONE can be dubbed "The Robsta". ie: ME.

Me: Friends call me The Robsta.
Random Rob: OH MAN DATZ SO KEWLS I WISH I WUZ LIEK U!
Me: I know, but you can't sorry.
Random Rob: OMGWTF:KILLSSELF:!!

by The Robsta March 15, 2005

Roos

South African slang for someone who is obnoxious and rude, and can't hold their drink

Did you see that Roos outside Walkabout, throwing up all his dinner?

by xanderpeters October 20, 2006

robson

a loud mouth yob who reguarly gets pissed.

getting carried home after a hard nights out up dame marg's.

by MC_TRIPPY_C May 13, 2005

Roosa

A Moose that has unusually large testicles and often makes a noise similar to a lawnmower

I had a dream about a Roosa last night

by John Greenman October 4, 2006

rools

Created by Frozen Throne player 'Interatic', it asks for the rules in a WTF mode.

rools?

(answer): No global, tinker, mass summons, necrolyte, and tinker.

by Interatic October 8, 2006

*roos*

*Rolls Over On Side* (as in- laughing so hard you Rolled Over On your Side); Another form of ROFL, but as ROOS. (<3-MARISSAj.)

ZOMFG, your face! *roos**roos*ROOS*

by MARISSAj. January 23, 2007