fobby

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adjective

Having the characteristics of a FOB (a recent immigrant); not having assimilated into the local culture.

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Meanings

fobby1

adjectivefobby (comparative more fobby, superlative most fobby)

comparative more fobby · superlative most fobby · alternative FOBby

  1. derogatoryslangHaving the characteristics of a FOB (a recent immigrant); not having assimilated into the local culture.

    “You know what we have to do,” the Hong Kong doctor was saying, and now he was catching on to the thickness of her fobby accent, which she had hidden all along until 1:30 A.M., or whatever the Nomos Minimatik said it was,[…]

    2018, Gary Shteyngart, Lake Success, Penguin, →ISBN

FOBby2

adjectiveFOBby (comparative more FOBby, superlative most FOBby)

comparative more FOBby · superlative most FOBby

  1. Alternative letter-case form of fobby.

    While being FOBby is undesirable, being FOBulous is tight, as evidenced by the terms' usage among popular Desi teens.

    2008, Shalini Shankar, Desi Land: Teen Culture, Class, and Success in Silicon Valley, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 69

Origin

From FOB + -y.

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APA

fobby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fobby

MLA

“fobby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fobby. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fobby,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fobby.

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