Woobie vs False - What's the difference?
woobie | false |
(US, baby talk) Any object, typically a blanket, garment or stuffed animal that is used simply for its comforting characteristics.
(US, intimate) A term of endearment.
(fandom) A fictional character, usually physically attractive, who is put under constant stress and angst so as to create emotional attachment.
(US, military slang) A poncho liner.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
*{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
, title= Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun woobie
is (us|baby talk) any object, typically a blanket, garment or stuffed animal that is used simply for its comforting characteristics.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.woobie
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(en noun)false
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(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}