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Lobby vs Gobby - What's the difference?

lobby | gobby |

In informal terms the difference between lobby and gobby

is that lobby is scouse (from lobscouse while gobby is marked by the presence of gobs lumps.

As nouns the difference between lobby and gobby

is that lobby is an entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor while gobby is an act of fellatio.

As a verb lobby

is to attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

As an adjective gobby is

marked by the presence of gobs lumps.

lobby

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) *(term), from , from (etyl) or (etyl).

Noun

(lobbies)
  • An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
    • I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
  • That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
  • A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
    • The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
  • (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
  • (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
  • A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
    • Derived terms
    * gun lobby

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
    • For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.
  • * 2002 , (Jim Hightower), in
    • The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
    • , title= Cronies and capitols , passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}
    Related terms
    * lobbying * lobbyist

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) scouse (from lobscouse)
  • * My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.

    • External links

    * * * English terms derived from Latin ----

    gobby

    English

    Etymology 1

    .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
  • * 1898 , Gleanings in bee culture, Volume 26?
    • But if, however, the bees make from it a "gobby" article of comb honey, no one will be quicker to drop it than the Root Co.
  • * 1942 , Frank Roy Fraprie, American photography
    • ...to have a gobby mess of unrelated and meaningless color hung in a metropolitan show...
  • * 1952 , David Harry Walker, The pillar
    • He poured the Argentine stew in a gobby mess on top of the Spam.

    Etymology 2

    . The meaning "inclined to talk" is probably related to (m).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (British, slang, said of a person) Inclined to talk in a loud and offensive manner.

    • Noun

    (gobbies)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) An act of fellatio.
  • * 2004 , John Charalambous, Furies , , ISBN 0702234559, page 164 [http://google.com/books?id=-sUhyF_kJ9AC&pg=PA164&dq=gobby]:
    • In year eight, crouched in a playground cubby, she gave Ryan Glover a gobby . Brief, busy, urgent. Then afterwards, slipping it back into his pants, he said thank you.
  • * 2007 , Joe Lewis, The Insurmountable Malaise of Man , (self-published), ISBN 9781847992444, page 278 [http://google.com/books?id=myJ8WLBqDOcC&pg=PA278&dq=gobby]:
    • He bustles me into a cubicle and locks the door.
  • *:"I'm not really in the mood for a gobby ," I slur, and laugh girlishly at my joke as I unzip my fly, "but if you insist..."
  • * 2007 July 17, Gordon Lightfoot III <GordonLightfootIII@gmail.com>, "A Question for Darkfalz (colgate total)", message-ID <1184667039.997405.66870@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, aus.tv , Usenet [http://groups.google.com/group/aus.tv/msg/4b6941df25de4a28]:
    • Have you seen the Colgate Total ad with the female Indian dentist? Would you let her give you a gobby ? I would. She has a perdy mouth.
    Synonyms
    * (fellatio) (l)

    References

    * Dictionary.com: "adj, -bier, -biest, informal, loudmouthed and offensive" * Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2 edition, ISBN 0304366366: "adj., late 19C+, talkative"

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "gobby")

    References

    * A Glossary of Words used in the County of Chester (1886), by Robert Holland, page 9: "April gawby (W. Ches.), April gobby (Mid-Ches.), April gob (Macclesfield), s. an April fool" * The English Dialect Dictionary, vol. 1, A-C (1898), edited by Joseph Wright, published by Henry Frowde, Amen Corner, etc, page 66, keyword "April": "APRIL [...] ·gobby, ·gowk, ·noddy, various names for an April fool" * Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2 edition, ISBN 0304366366: "n., late 19C-1920s, 1. a sailor, 2 a coastguardsman" * Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2 edition, ISBN 0304366366: "n., 1920s, US, a socially unacceptable person"