ALL meanings of ob-
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O o - noun Technical meaning of ob- /ob/ prefix Obligatory. A piece of netiquette 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 "ObSex" (or "Obsex") and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act. It is considered a sign of great winnitude when one's Obs are more interesting than other people's whole postings. 1
- prefix ob- inverse or inversely 0
- noun ob- to, toward, before, in front of 0
- noun ob- opposed to, against 0
- noun ob- upon, over 0
- noun ob- completely, totally 0
- noun ob- inversely, oppositely 0