What does this mean?

[aloha56]

this question has nothing to do with relationships, but could somebody plea---se tell what FOB stands for or mean?? im totally clueless=p

[ananda]

do you mean f.o.b. or fob??

f.o.b. is free on board

fob means to deceive or dupe someone into doing something... i think

"my boss gave me some menial paperwork to do but i fobbed it off on dave"

actually i am not a teacher and have few existing brain cells, so hold out for the official english teacher answer for the second one.

[wulong]

f.o.b. is free on board Are you joking? FOB = Fresh Off the Boat, e.g. someone who just arrived in Japan for their first job at an eikaiwa.

[ananda]

ooohhhhh......learn something new everyday....i guess it depends on the context of the situation, doesnt it??

[aloha56]

thanx wulong!
so its not about a certain ethnicity, but bout someone new to japan?

[wulong]

thanx wulong!
so its not about a certain ethnicity, but bout someone new to japan? Technically it's about any newbie to any country. It's not limited to Japan. I don't know where it originated.