Fab vs Farb - What's the difference?
fab | farb |
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
(US) A historical reenactor (especially a US civil war reenactor) whose efforts at a historically accurate portrayal are, in the opinion of the speaker, inadequate. (For example, wearing a modern wristwatch with period costume.) The opposite of farb is "hard-core" (or hardcore), someone who is, in the opinion of the speaker, an "authenticity fanatic".
As an abbreviation fab
is (brazilian air force).As a noun farb is
(us) a historical reenactor (especially a us civil war reenactor) whose efforts at a historically accurate portrayal are, in the opinion of the speaker, inadequate (for example, wearing a modern wristwatch with period costume) the opposite of farb is "hard-core" (or hardcore), someone who is, in the opinion of the speaker, an "authenticity fanatic".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]