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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Ob-</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="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="previous" href="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="next" href="Obfuscated-C-Contest.html" title="Obfuscated C Contest"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Ob-</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../O.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">O</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Obfuscated-C-Contest.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Ob-"/><dt xmlns="" id="Ob-"><b>Ob-</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/ob/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">pref.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Obligatory. A piece of <a href="../N/netiquette.html"><i class="glossterm">netiquette</i></a>
acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's
charter topic. For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a
part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with
sex, the author may append &#8216;ObSex&#8217; (or &#8216;Obsex&#8217;) and
toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act. It is
considered a sign of great <a href="../W/winnitude.html"><i class="glossterm">winnitude</i></a> when one's Obs
are more interesting than other people's whole postings.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../O.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../O.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Obfuscated-C-Contest.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">O </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Obfuscated C Contest</td></tr></table></div></body></html>