Fub vs Fab - What's the difference?
fub | fab |
(obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
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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
As a verb fub
is (obsolete) to put off by trickery; to cheat.As a noun fub
is (obsolete) a plump young person or child.As an abbreviation fab is
(brazilian air force).fub
English
Etymology 1
(en)Alternative forms
* fobVerb
(fubb)- A hundred mark is a long score for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne ; and have been fubbed' off, and '''fubbed''' off, and ' fubbed off, from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on.
Etymology 2
Compare (fob) a pocket.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]