Notes on  FROB 

1. n. [MIT; very common] The TMRC definition was "FROB = a
protruding arm or trunnion"; by metaphoric extension, a frob is any
random small thing; an object that you can comfortably hold in one
hand; something you can frob (sense 2). See FROBNITZ.

2. vt. Abbreviated form of FROBNICATE.

3. [from the MUD world] A command on some MUDs that changes a
player's experience level (this can be used to make wizards); also,
to request WIZARD privileges on the `professional courtesy' grounds
that one is a wizard elsewhere. The command is actually `frobnicate'
but is universally abbreviated to the shorter form.

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