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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