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Where does “flob” come from?

flob (English) comes from English FLOP, from English floating-point operation — Alternative form of floating point operation.

flob (English): Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle...

Definitions

  1. Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle...

Ancestry of “flob”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFLOPSynonym of flop
2Englishfloating-point operationAlternative form of floating point operation

Words derived from “flob”

  • flobby
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