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FOBU is an acronym for ‘Fear of Breaking Up’ -- a common relationship dilemma caused when someone in a miserable, dead-end relationship becomes more afraid of the projected pain and inconvenience of a breakup than they are of the actual, often greater, pain of staying in an unsatisfying relationship.
"My friend has serious FOBU and refuses to leave her loser boyfriend because she's worried she won't meet anyone else and will end up alone."

Girl 1: "You clearly aren't happy with Josh, have you considered leaving him?"

Girl 2: "Well we just bought a really expensive mattress and his mother would hate me."

Girl 1: "Those aren't good reasons to stay with someone. Stop letting FOBU run your life."
FOBU by HowAboutWe April 1, 2013
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Fear Of Being Used - often used when a person is afraid of being used, resulting in the constant assumption that they are going to end up hurt in any situation.
New Guy: “Hey, we should hangout tonight!”
Girl: “Nahh”
New Guy: “Why? I just want to spend time with you.”
Girl: “Sorry it’s just my FOBU…”
FOBU by let’sgetcrackin June 27, 2022
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Ghetto Fobulous

Describes any FOB that is not into fashion or not down to earth. Also, the FOB does things in such a manner that it seems like they are still in their own country.
Dude, why you wearing socks with animals on it? That is so Ghetto FOBULOUS.

That Hong Kong bitch Judy was alright, but the way she moans was Ghetto FOBULOUS.
Ghetto Fobulous by tadowta July 1, 2006

fobulous 

Fobulous
- You speak perfect English and you are fluent in your native language
- You have Asian friends as well as non-Asian friends
- You listen to Asian pop as well as American music
- You are equally aware of both popular American culture and Asian pop culture
- You are a good dancer
- You date Asian by choice even though you could rock the opposite sex of any other race
- You are a good designer and have superior Html skills
- You have an Apt107 page AND an AA page and the guest books in both are packed
- For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being
- You have lots of Asian pride
that guy is fobulous
fobulous by YONGSUN July 27, 2004

Fobummatillical

1. A very bright smooth and shiny object.

2. A cool metal item.
Wow that shovel is very fobummatillical
bobux shan't be confused with fobux, fobux is another morph of bobux, which is actually robux.
Fobux
NO WAYYYYYYYYYY
fobux by SuperBreak14 April 13, 2021

fobulate 

I need to fobulate my finances.

That plan needs refobulating or further fobulation.
fobulate by Sharon Millership January 16, 2006
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“No way, is that cake?”
Yeah whoops this isn’t real”
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just fokin missing her

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me : look at you all sad & shit
friend : shut up!
me : just fokin missing her huh?
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endwarfins

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I only meant to watch the Heigh-Ho scene for the endwarfins, and then it was two hours later and I'd watched the whole movie.

Endwarfins aren't just a Snow White thing — I get the same hit off the Lollipop Guild in Oz.
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