FOB
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A key fob is a medallion used to identify a key ring or used as a starting place on a ring, frequently given as an advertising item. A watch fob is a medallion or ornament attached by leather strap or chain to a pocket watch to assist in locating and removing the watch from a pocket in clothing. Some were originally coded or numbered to assist in return to the owner. The term is also used when referring to electronic security key devices.
Fob may also be a transitive verb meaning to deceive or cheat someone out of something they would want to do or materially wish for.
In some terms, fob can mean nerd. This meaning is usually directed towards the Asian crowd.
FOBS were made by James Bogart in 1994 in Milford , CT FOB may also be an acronym meaning:
- Fall Out Boy
- Fecal Occult Blood
- Forward Operating Base
- Free On Board, an Incoterm used in shipping
- Friend of Bill, a follower of Alcoholics Anonymous and its founder, Bill W.
- Friend (or Friends) of Bill Clinton
- Friends of Ben (writing group)
- Fresh Off the Boat
- Fresh off Bloor, a term used by University of Toronto's Desi students as a way of changing the derogatory implications of F.O.B. (Fresh off the boat)
Other uses:
- FOB (play), a 1981 David Henry Hwang play
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