Frob
/frob/ 1.
[MIT] The
TMRC definition was "FROB = a protruding arm or trunnion"; by metaphoric extension, a "frob" is any random small thing; an object that you can comfortably hold in one hand; something you can frob (sense 2).
See
frobnitz.
2. Abbreviated form of
frobnicate.
3. [
MUD] A command on some
MUDs that changes a player's experience level (this can be used to make wizards); also, to request
wizard privileges on the "professional courtesy" grounds that one is a wizard elsewhere.
The command is actually "frobnicate" but is universally abbreviated to the shorter form.
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Jargon File]
