Fub vs Fubu - What's the difference?
fub | fubu |
(obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
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As nouns the difference between fub and fubu
is that fub is (obsolete) a plump young person or child while fubu is (slang) an acquainted person who offers sexual intercourse without romantic commitment.As a verb fub
is (obsolete) to put off by trickery; to cheat.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.