Oke vs Obe - What's the difference?
oke | obe |
(historical, or, obsolete) A Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs.
(South Africa, slang) man; guy; bloke
* 1998 , Leon Schuster, Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book (page 106)
* 2005 , Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Office of Bilingual Education
Office of Business Economics (US)
Operating-Basis Earthquake
Oregon Board of Education
Ottawa Board Of Education
Out of Body Experience
Out of Buggy Experience (Powerkiting slang)
Outcome-Based Education
Overcome / overtaken by events (i.e., now obsolete)
As nouns the difference between oke and obe
is that oke is a Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs while obe is a particular subdivision of ancient Laconia.As an initialism OBE is
officer of the Order of the British Empire.oke
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) okka,"oke." *OED 2nd edition. 1989. (online)"oka."Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1).'' Random House, Inc. 2009. from (etyl) , from (etyl) ''uncia .
Noun
(en noun)References
Etymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- An oke meets up with his ex-wife at a party. After a few dops, he puts his arm around her and suggests they go to bed. 'Over my dead body,' she snarls at him. He downs his drink and says, 'I see you haven't changed.'
- I had initiated an African ritual by giving the pipe to him. And you can never stay befuck with an oke you smoke nchangu with.