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FOB stands for fresh off the boat. Its used as a noun - "so and so is a FOB". A FOB is basically any immigrant. Most definitions here refer it to east asians but its not limited to them. Most contexts seem to use it with negative connotation - that the person has not adjusted to western culture and that they should be ashamed of their customs. Sometimes, more trivially, it's used in the following context: when you think you're doing something 'cool' (by the standards of your people), but youre not (by the standards of white people), you're being a fob. It could also be used as an adjective: fobby.
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