What is "the flob"?

Who the flob is @superking?

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Some TomHill.

“flob” seems to be an old-fashioned (insider) name for forumosa.

I’m not ancient enough to know the roots, but there seemed to have been an URL like “flob.me”… which might have been the source of this term, or it might not.

Actually, the URL is still there. Wow.

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Perfect. Now we just need someone to explain the origin story

Calling @GooseEgg . You da man, no?

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Here are some examples, beginning in September of 2006:

Around that time, people were also messing around with an anagram:

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Maybe some enterprising member needs to start printing TShirts with FLOB emblazoned across the front, distributed (for a fee) to the Regulars so we can wear them (or maybe not!!) when we go out.

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One question: is half a flob better or worse than half a chub?

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The Flob is a state of mind.

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A liquid state mostly.

Forumosa: Loud & Obnoxious Bastards

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The way you explained it is how I remember it - it was an insider’s name for the forums coined by TomHill, originally as a perjorative, I think, until we all embraced it. The flob.me URL was available and helped shorten topic URLs in phpBB were unwieldy.

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Come to the Flob!
There is cake!

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When you see it, you will know grasshopper. You just haven’t seen it yet.

Okay I’ve got NFI what the flob is, I even read the thread too.

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The oldest record I could find of the term was this:

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I think it’s short for floppy old bastards. :sweat_smile:

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Flobberinos

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We weren’t old then like we are now.

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The flob is Forumosa pronounced after a HH night.

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What’s HH? :face_with_monocle:

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