FOB stands for fresh off the boat. Its used as a noun - "so and so is a FOB". A FOB is basically any immigrant. Most definitions here refer it to east asians but its not limited to them.
Most contexts seem to use it with negative connotation - that the person has not adjusted to western culture and that they should be ashamed of their customs.
Sometimes, more trivially, it's used in the following context: when you think you're doing something 'cool' (by the standards of your people), but youre not (by the standards of white people), you're being a fob.
It could also be used as an adjective: fobby.
Most contexts seem to use it with negative connotation - that the person has not adjusted to western culture and that they should be ashamed of their customs.
Sometimes, more trivially, it's used in the following context: when you think you're doing something 'cool' (by the standards of your people), but youre not (by the standards of white people), you're being a fob.
It could also be used as an adjective: fobby.
by LillianBing June 12, 2019
Get the FOBmug. Fob stands for Fresh Off the Boat and is a slang term that is used to refer to a south pacific islanders such as the Polynesians, Micronesians and Melanesians. (It is not offensive)
Person 1: Hey look its a group of fobs
Person 2: Oh yeah, aren't they called islanders?
Person 1: Yeah but you can also call them fobs, its just a slang term to call a group of islanders
Person 2: Oh right!
Person 2: Oh yeah, aren't they called islanders?
Person 1: Yeah but you can also call them fobs, its just a slang term to call a group of islanders
Person 2: Oh right!
by your nan g November 29, 2017
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I once made out a fob
by thurkheythedestructive August 13, 2023
Get the Fobmug.