this is a resophonic slide guitar played by fingerpicking and a steel bar-slide which puts the tens of millions of standard guitars to shame with its most tremendous sustain and tone. It is often referred to as a "hubcap" guitar due to its appearance. In the presence of a dobro, other guitars shudder and whisper (without much tone): "Dobros pwn us, and we are unworthy of attention!"

Holy Moley, that Jerry Douglas must be the Dobro God.

(sound samples available)

dobro by turnover September 17, 2005

Related Words

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dobro

An imaginary monkey on your back who messes things up for you. That monkey is your dobro. It is associated with social and physical blunders. Can be used as a noun, adjective or verb.

It is important that whatever the dobro messes up or "dobros" for you must have had a legitimate chance of success. Outright failures and belligerent actions are not dobros, or are not caused by the dobro.

As a noun
"I've made peace with my dobro"

As a verb
Boy: "I set my alarm for PM instead of AM and missed class"
Girl: "You dobro'd that"

As a adjective
Boy: "hey Sally"
Girl: "My name is Susan"
Boy: "oops, that was dobro"

dobro by Chekov January 3, 2008

Dobro

Abbreviation of Downtown Brooklyn.

Meet me at Jay St-Metrotech in Dobro.

Dobro by Bk4lifehome April 21, 2020

dobro

1. a bro with dough (money)
2. a wood-bodied, single cone resonator guitar (this is a real thing)

A dobro will open a tab for his bro's while he performs on stage with his dobro.

dobro by Ae5Ea8 September 10, 2016

Biće to dobro kolega

,,Biće to dobro kolega'' is a reference to a Math Professor aknowledging the students low intelligence.

Znam ja da znate, biće to dobro kolega.

Biće to dobro kolega by HakaizDzungle April 13, 2023

Malko i dobro

These three words are the best way for pointing out your respect to a small, but good person. They claim the spot for the number one words used in Hollywood movies and poems for love. If you ever see a small, but good person be sure to use them. Thank me later.

"Max e Malko i dobro" - on discord.

Malko i dobro by Misture imposture is sus May 12, 2021

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

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Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

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