Definition of "FOB"

FOB

adjective
not comparable
1. (Incoterm) Initialism of free on board.
2. (slang) Initialism of fresh off the boat.
  Quotations
  All I knew was, the three-year gap made the difference between passing as American and being exposed as FOB.
  2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
noun
countable and uncountable, plural FOBs
1. (military) Initialism of forward operating base.
2. Initialism of flash of brilliance.
3. Initialism of freedom of belief.
4. (US, politics) Initialism of friend of Bill: a supporter of Bill Clinton.
  Quotations
  It seemed at times that everyone was an FOB — everyone, that is, who'd emerged from the ivyest groves of academia […]
  2007, David Lebedoff, The Uncivil War: How a New Elite Is Destroying Our Democracy, page 133
5. (India) Initialism of foot overbridge: a pedestrian overpass.
  Quotations
  There has been an inordinate delay in starting work on the foot over bridge (FOB) with escalators in front of D.G. Vaishnav College on Poonamallee High Road in Arumbakkam. […] The FOB at P.H. Road, which is maintained by the state highways department, is one of seven similar facilities planned at various places in the city at a cost of Rs. 28 crore and being executed by the department.
  2014 August 30, D. Madhavan, “Need for foot over bridge keenly felt”, in The Hindu‎
6. (sometimes derogatory) Initialism of fresh off the boat, a recent immigrant.
  Quotations
  Everyone was Chinese. Some of the students were ABCs. That means "American-born Chinese." Others were FOBs. FOB means "fresh off the boat" and it is a bad insult. I didn't feel prejudiced about the FOBs because I was one of them.
  1993, Susan Kulkin, Speaking Out: Teenagers Take on Race, Sex, and Identity, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 59
7. (pathology) Abbreviation of fecal occult blood.
proper noun
1. (music) Initialism of Fall Out Boy, an American pop-punk band formed in Chicago.