different between loob vs moob

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Cornish l?b (“slime, sludge”), or from lubricant?

Noun

loob (countable and uncountable, plural loobs)

1. (mining, dialect) the clay or slime washed from tin ore in dressing

Etymology 2

Phonetic respelling of the first syllable of lubricant.

Noun

loob (countable and uncountable, plural loobs)

1. (slang) lubricant, especially social lubricant

Anagrams

• BOLO, Lobo, bloo, bolo, bool, lobo, obol

Manx

Noun

loob m (genitive singular loob, plural loobyn)

1. Alternative form of lhoob

Sambali

Noun

loob

1. interior; inside

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.???b/

Noun

loob

1. interior; inside; inner surface
2. will; volition; disposition

Derived terms

English

Etymology

Blend of man +? boob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?b/
• Rhymes: -u?b

Noun

moob (plural moobs)

1. (slang, usually in the plural) A plump or untoned breast on a man.
   • 2001 September 3, miha ³, "Re: I know I shouldn't be doing this but...", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, Usenet,^[2]

     Yeah, put a shirt on gene, we don't want to see your fatty moobs.

   • 2007 January 6, The Guardian,

     Often – I refer you in particular to Rod Stewart and Tony Blair – these moobs are strangely taut and unsaggy, and have that bee-stung, 12-year-old girl look.

   • 2009, Will Self, Ralph Steadman, Psycho too, page 242:

     Ranged along the sides of the broad chamber were curtained booths containing day beds, and from time to time an overweight East End cabbie would emerge from one of these, his moobs glistening with sweat, [...]

Synonyms

• man boob

Translations

Further reading

• gynecomastia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Boom, MOBO, boom, mobo