Ob-
/ob/ prefix Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has
been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic. For example, if a posting in
alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing
particularly to do with sex, the author may append "ObSex" (or "Obsex") and toss
off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act. It is considered a
sign of great winnitude when one's Obs are more interesting than other people's
whole postings.
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