Round 3102: Vote for OBOF

[Daniel B Widdis]

With a slight delay due to me choosing to sleep in on the first day of a three-day weekend, here we have a baker’s dozen offerings for obof.  I have made minor alterations to capitalization, punctuation, and emphasis, whilst striving to preserve the content of all definitions.

 

You know the drill:  vote for two definitions of your choice (without looking it up!) before the deadline.  Given the long holiday weekend in the US I’ll set the deadline in 46 hours, on Monday Sept 7 at 7am PDT, which is 10am EDT. That's 1400 UTC, 3pm BST in the UK, 4pm CEST in the Netherlands, midnight AEST in Melbourne, and early Tuesday morning at 2 am NZST in Wellington.  I’ll check at about the 36 hour point and close early if all submitters have voted, and might sleep in again, should you find yourself shortly after the deadline still wanting to cast a vote.

 

*** OBOF ***

 

1. a tribal people of the Sahel region of western Africa, principally in parts of Mali and Burkina Faso.

 

2. [Acronym] Original Beans from Organic Farms (originally Original Beef from Organic Farms).

 

3. someone with similar views and lifestyle (prob. from Birds Of a Feather).

 

4. a felt high boot of a type worn by Russians. [Ru. обувь 'footwear']

 

5. Wishful sailor acronym for "overboard officer floating."

 

6. A narrow-brimmed straw hat.

 

7. a skip in Irish curling.

 

8. A deep ravine.

 

9. [Rare] an inferior follower or imitator.

 

10. [joc. Military] an Old Buffer Over Forty.

 

11. [Malay] a sharply curved short sword or machete.

 

12. A Bulgarian unit of currency, one-hundredth of a lev; a coin of this value.

 

13. a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.; a bodkin.

 

[Paul Keating]

6 &12 for me.

P

[Johnb - co.uk]

Can't resist military acronyms so #5 and #10 please

JohnnyB

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[Tim B]

6 and 8, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Judy Madnick]

4. a felt high boot of a type worn by Russians. [Ru. обувь 'footwear']

6. A narrow-brimmed straw hat.

 

Judy Madnick

Albany, NY

 

[France International/Mike Shefler]

We haven't had an acronym in a while, so I'll go with 5 and 10.

[Dave Cunningham]

9 and 10 though acronyms are rare. 

Dave 

 

[Paul Solyn]

7 and 12, please.

[Tim Lodge]

I'll try the ravine and the old buffer, 8 and 10.

 8. A deep ravine.

10. [joc. Military] an Old Buffer Over Forty.

-- Tim L

[Debbie]

6 and 12 for me.

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[Efrem G Mallach]

As opposed to some others, I tossed all the acronyms first. I know, that probably eliminated the real one, but it helped get the number down to a more manageable level. It also doesn't sound like a natural English word, even in a regional dialect. Of the remaining few, I'll take 4 and 12.

On Sep 5, 2020, at 11:55 AM, Daniel B Widdis <wid...@dixonary.net> wrote:

With a slight delay due to me choosing to sleep in on the first day of a three-day weekend, here we have a baker’s dozen offerings for obof.  I have made minor alterations to capitalization, punctuation, and emphasis, whilst striving to preserve the content of all definitions.

 

You know the drill:  vote for two definitions of your choice (without looking it up!) before the deadline.  Given the long holiday weekend in the US I’ll set the deadline in 46 hours, on Monday Sept 7 at 7am PDT, which is 10am EDT. That's 1400 UTC, 3pm BST in the UK, 4pm CEST in the Netherlands, midnight AEST in Melbourne, and early Tuesday morning at 2 am NZST in Wellington.  I’ll check at about the 36 hour point and close early if all submitters have voted, and might sleep in again, should you find yourself shortly after the deadline still wanting to cast a vote.

 

*** OBOF ***

 

   

4. a felt high boot of a type worn by Russians. [Ru. обувь 'footwear']

      

[Christopher Carson]

9 and 13 for me.

 

Chris

 

[Shani Naylor]

First & last for me - 1 & 13

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[amal...@comcast.net]

This is  a tough one – as someone noted, ‘obof’ simply doesn’t feel like a word. Maybe a little more like an acronym, but not much. Oh well…

 

I’ll go with 4 and 9.

 

Alan

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