/
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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