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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>frob</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="fritterware.html" title="fritterware"/><link rel="next" href="frobnicate.html" title="frobnicate"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">frob</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fritterware.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="frobnicate.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="frob"/><dt xmlns="" id="frob"><b>frob</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/frob/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> [MIT; very common] The
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<a href="../T/TMRC.html"><i class="glossterm">TMRC</i></a> definition was “<span class="quote">FROB = a protruding arm
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or trunnion</span>”; by metaphoric extension, a <span class="firstterm">frob</span> is any random small thing; an object that
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you can comfortably hold in one hand; something you can frob (sense 2).
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See <a href="frobnitz.html"><i class="glossterm">frobnitz</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> Abbreviated form of
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<a href="frobnicate.html"><i class="glossterm">frobnicate</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. [from the <a href="../M/MUD.html"><i class="glossterm">MUD</i></a> world] A command on some
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MUDs that changes a player's experience level (this can be used to make
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wizards); also, to request <a href="../W/wizard.html"><i class="glossterm">wizard</i></a> privileges on the
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‘professional courtesy’ grounds that one is a wizard elsewhere.
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The command is actually ‘frobnicate’ but is universally
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abbreviated to the shorter form.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fritterware.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="frobnicate.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">fritterware </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> frobnicate</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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