To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. Derived from FROBNITZ.
Usually abbreviated to FROB. Thus one has the saying “to frob a
frob”. See TWEAK and TWIDDLE. Usage: FROB, TWIDDLE, and TWEAK
sometimes connote points along a continuum. FROB connotes aimless
manipulation; TWIDDLE connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse
search for a proper setting; TWEAK connotes fine-tuning. If someone is
turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he’s carefully adjusting it
he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the
screen he is probably twiddling it; but if he’s just doing it because
turning a knob is fun, he’s frobbing it.
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Frobnicate
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ADULT: A
ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. BEAUTY PARLOUR: A place where women curl up and dye. CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people.
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These translations
These translations are for all of you wonderful women out there, so that you will know what we really mean when we say…”WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME?”Translated:* “What did you catch me at?”"I’M NOT LOST. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE.”Translated:* “No one will ever see us alive again.”"WE SHARE THE HOUSEWORK.”Translated:* “I make the messes; she cleans them up.”
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Hemorrhage…
- Hemorrhage
- An amount of blood loss which threatens the viability
of the patient, and the composure of the attending physician.
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Absurdity
A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Arbitrator ar’-bi-tray-ter:
Arbitrator ar’-bi-tray-ter: A cook that leaves Arby’s to work at McDonald’s.Avoidable uh-voy’-duh-buhl: What a bullfighter tries to do.Baloney buh-lo’-nee: Where some hemlines fall.
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Dictionary of
Dictionary of Evaluation Comments Some of you might like to know what the supervisor is really saying in all those glowing employee work performance evaluations s/he keeps cranking out. HARD WORKER: Usually does it the hard way. ENJOYS JOB: Needs more to do. HAPPY: Paid too much.
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Log On:
Log On: Makin’ the wood stove hotter.Log Off: Don’t add no wood.Monitor: Keepin’ an eye on the wood stove.
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Someone
Someone you hire to clean out the icebox.
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These translations
These translations are for all of you wonderful women out there, so that you will know what we really mean when we say…”THAT’S INTERESTING, DEAR.”Translated:* “Are you still talking?”"YOU KNOW HOW BAD MY MEMORY IS.”Translated:* “I remember the theme song to ‘F Troop,’ the address of the first girl I ever kissed and the vehicle identification numbers of every car I’ve ever owned… but I forgot your birthday.”
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