Meanings
comparative more obvy · superlative most obvy
- alternativeslangAlternative form of obvi (“obviously”).
If you’re not ready to shell out for a book about fat acceptance (other than this one, obvy), all you have to do is check out the fat-o-sphere feed (see appendix).
2009, Kate Harding, Marianne Kirby, “Read Up on Fat Acceptance and the Science of Fat”, in Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body, New York, N.Y.: Perigee, →ISBN, part 6 (The Media), page 1832 more examples
BZZZT! the correction is wrong! That's a _fathom_. A _mathom_ is, quite obvy, a _metric_fathom_, and rounded to the nearest full meter. Therefor,^([sic]) the unit is equal to exactly 2 meters.
1992 December 19, Joseph A. Ellis Jr., “Re: Mathoms, Gracey?”, in alt.music.filk (Usenet)Oh, I think I see. Thanks. What does it have to do with a 'book'? Also, what's the advantage over using a wxListCtrl in a wxPanel? Something here I'm not getting, obvy. Where specifically is the drawing area? In a cell? down below the wxListBook?
2002 April 22, Markus Membrain, “Re: wxListbook”, in comp.soft-sys.wxwindows (Usenet)
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