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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/frob/ 1. n. [MIT; very common] The TMRC definition was FROB = a protruding
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arm or trunnion ; by metaphoric extension, a frob is any random small thing;
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an object that you can comfortably hold in one hand; something you can frob
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(sense 2). See frobnitz. 2. vt. Abbreviated form of frobnicate. 3. [from the
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MUD world] A command on some MUDs that changes a player's experience level
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(this can be used to make wizards); also, to request wizard privileges on
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the professional courtesy grounds that one is a wizard elsewhere. The
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command is actually frobnicate but is universally abbreviated to the shorter
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form.
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