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fobby

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See also: FOBby

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From FOB +‎ -y.

Adjective

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fobby (comparative more fobby, superlative most fobby)

  1. (slang, derogatory) Having the characteristics of a FOB (a recent immigrant); not having assimilated into the local culture.
    • 2018, Gary Shteyngart, Lake Success, Penguin, →ISBN:
      “You know what we have to do,” the Hong Kong doctor was saying, and now he was catching on to the thickness of her fobby accent, which she had hidden all along until 1:30 A.M., or whatever the Nomos Minimatik said it was, []