Fab vs Corker - What's the difference?
fab | corker | Related terms |
fabulous (great or spectacular). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)
A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
One who puts corks into bottles.
*1857 , , The Confidence-Man ,
*:Yes it is, Frank. Don't you see? Laertes is to take the best of care of his friends—his proved friends, on the same principle that a wine-corker takes the best of care of his proved bottles.
(informal) A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable.
*1889 , ,
*:Well, a body is bound to admit that for just a modest little one-line ad., it's a corker .
Fab is a related term of corker.
As an abbreviation fab
is (brazilian air force).As a noun corker is
one who puts corks into bottles.fab
English
Etymology 1
From , by shorteningAdjective
(fabber)Derived terms
* fabbyEtymology 2
From and its derived terms, by shorteningNoun
(en noun)- Hundreds were put out of work when the chip fab shut down.
Synonyms
* fabberVerb
(fabb)- It uses digital data from a computer to “fab ” products and models of new products. [http://www.ennex.com/~fabbers/publish/FAB-ulous.asp]
References
Anagrams
* English clippings ---- ==Volapük==Declension
(vo-decl-noun) ----corker
English
Noun
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