Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation father of the bride
- abbreviation free on board
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- initialism incoterm Free On Board
- initialism
Frequencies ofBrilliance - initialism
Fresh Off the Boat (slang) - initialism From Our Berth - a commerce term, indicating that the quoted price doesn't include shipping, as you are accepting it "from our berth (shipping dock)"
- initialism military Forward Operating Base
- initialism US, politics
friend ofBill ; a supporter of Bill Clinton - noun A recent
immigrant (from "fresh off the boat")
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Examples
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DIAMOND: The FOB is short for the forward operating base where this 29-year-old Florida national guard trains Afghan army soldiers.
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DIAMOND: The FOB is short for the forward operating base, where this 29-year-old Florida National Guard trains Afghan army soldiers.
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The original group adopted the name FOB, while the breakaway members became known as the FOB Killers.
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I couldn't give two shits about whether or not the drummer in FOB is a big comic book fan or if Pete Wentz is a "geek."
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I saw for myself that they would be free to speak about anything to anyone on that Forward Operating Base which, in acronym-mad Iraq, we all just called an FOB, rhymes with "cob".
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Peter Van Buren 2011
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The breakaway faction became known as the FOB Killers, or FK.
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I was in FOB Manhattan while in IRAQ, and it was a total shit hole!
Think Progress » McCain: Murtha “Has Become Too Emotional†2005
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"The FOB is a means of securing that real estate."
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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"The FOB is a means of securing that real estate."
How our developing strategy in Afstan is being implemented 2007
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And this quickly made him what presidential aides termed an FOB—a friend of Bill.
Outgunned PETER HARRY BROWN DANIEL G. ABEL 2003
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