Frobbed vs Flobbed - What's the difference?
frobbed | flobbed |
(frob)
(jargon, MIT) Any small device or object (usually hand-sized) which can be manipulated.
(jargon, MIT) To manipulate objects considered to be frobs.
(jargon, MIT) To manipulate equipment without any knowledge.
(flob)
(UK, slang) spittle, especially a piece of spittle that has been spat out
(UK, slang) To spit or to gob.
*2010 , Charlie Brooker, The Guardian , 27 Sep 2010:
*:I pointed out that they both looked equally unhappy, and that he was essentially kicking himself. He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder.
As verbs the difference between frobbed and flobbed
is that frobbed is past tense of frob while flobbed is past tense of flob.frobbed
English
Verb
(head)frob
English
Noun
(en noun)- Hand me that frob there, will you?
Verb
- Hey, frob the switch.
- Hey! Stop frobbing that oscilloscope! You'll break it.
References
*frob'', in ''The New Hacker's Dictionary , 1996, by Eric S. Raymond. * *