mobyn.

Brit.

/ˈməʊbi/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊbi/

Forms: 1900s– mobey, 1900s– mobie, 1900s– moby.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mobile n.⁵, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < mob- (in mobile n.⁵; compare sense 4 at that entry) + -y suffix⁶.

British colloquial.

A mobile phone.

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1997 ‘Q’ Deadmeat 118 I'll give him a dong on his moby.

1997 C. Hall Box in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 151 Get her on the old mobie!

2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 20 Feb. (Mag.) 7/2 Her moby is tiny.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mobyadj.

Brit.

/ˈməʊbi/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊbi/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: proper name Moby Dick.

Etymology: Apparently shortened < the name of Moby Dick (see Moby Dick n.); compare slightly later Moby Dick n.

U.S. slang (originally College slang).

Large, great, impressive; (in Computing) complex.

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1965 Dict. Hawthorne High Slang 5/1 Moby, exceptionally large. ‘His house was really moby.’

1970 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 5 iii. 10 Moby, obese.

1983 Time 3 Jan. 39 ‘Moby’, meaning large, is said to derive from Melville's Moby Dick, though some say from Moby Pickle.

1983 A. Naiman Computer Dict. for Beginners 89 What a moby loss that idea was!

1984 J. Varley Press Enter in Asimov's Sci. Fiction May 134 Good programming's so rare, even his diddles were better than most people's super-moby hacks.

1993 E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. (ed. 2) 282 A Saturn V rocket is a truly moby frob.

1993 E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. (ed. 2) 282 Greetings, moby Dave.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moby
释义	mobyn. Brit. /ˈməʊbi/, U.S. /ˈmoʊbi/ Forms: 1900s– mobey, 1900s– mobie, 1900s– moby. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mobile n.⁵, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < mob- (in mobile n.⁵; compare sense 4 at that entry) + -y suffix⁶. British colloquial. A mobile phone. ΚΠ 1997 ‘Q’ Deadmeat 118 I'll give him a dong on his moby. 1997 C. Hall Box in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 151 Get her on the old mobie! 2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 20 Feb. (Mag.) 7/2 Her moby is tiny. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mobyadj. Brit. /ˈməʊbi/, U.S. /ˈmoʊbi/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: proper name Moby Dick. Etymology: Apparently shortened < the name of Moby Dick (see Moby Dick n.); compare slightly later Moby Dick n. U.S. slang (originally College slang). Large, great, impressive; (in Computing) complex. ΚΠ 1965 Dict. Hawthorne High Slang 5/1 Moby, exceptionally large. ‘His house was really moby.’ 1970 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 5 iii. 10 Moby, obese. 1983 Time 3 Jan. 39 ‘Moby’, meaning large, is said to derive from Melville's Moby Dick, though some say from Moby Pickle. 1983 A. Naiman Computer Dict. for Beginners 89 What a moby loss that idea was! 1984 J. Varley Press Enter in Asimov's Sci. Fiction May 134 Good programming's so rare, even his diddles were better than most people's super-moby hacks. 1993 E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. (ed. 2) 282 A Saturn V rocket is a truly moby frob. 1993 E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. (ed. 2) 282 Greetings, moby Dave. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1997adj.1965
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