Ob-

prefix, slang

prefix, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Prefix
  1. 1
    Against; facing; a combining prefix found in verbs of Latin origin. idiomatic, morpheme
  2. 2
    Obligatory; prepended to the name of a topic being mentioned to avoid accusations of being off-topic. Internet, humorous, informal, morpheme

    "ObGoth: Uh, well, it's like this you see, <searches in random file o' obgoth things> anyone out there got the new CoX album on Tess? If so which album is it *most* like?"

  3. 3
    Of a reversed shape. morpheme

Synonyms

All synonyms
anticontracounterdys

Example

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"ObGoth: Uh, well, it's like this you see, <searches in random file o' obgoth things> anyone out there got the new CoX album on Tess? If so which album is it *most* like?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin ob-.

Etymology 2

Clipping of obligatory.

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