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fup | fub |

As an abbreviation fup

is follow-up.

As a verb fub is

to put off by trickery; to cheat.

As a noun fub is

a plump young person or child.

fup

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • (Internet) follow-up
  • fub

    English

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Alternative forms

    * fob

    Verb

    (fubb)
  • (obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
  • * a.'' 1599 , ,
  • 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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A plump young person or child.
  • (Smart)
    (Webster 1913)