A fork of Rural Dictionary
American slang, mechanical slang meaning of poor quality, or possibly like getting a cob in your corn hole.
Guy did a real cob-job on my transmission
acronym for Crazy Old Bitch. Typically 65+, eats at restaurants alone and is really mean to the waitstaff. Drinks Merlot.
"HAHAHA, You got my favorite customer, the COB! Good luck!"
"So then I told her 'Have a great night' and she just looked at me and was like 'i dont have good nights.' what a COB!"
"did you see josh last night dude?"
"...Yeah he was doing COB's left and right!"
"He had a right cob on" -- translates: "He was in a bad mood"
This was current in the UK's working-class east London/surrounding counties around 1950s & 60s. I haven't heard it used for many years.
It was always used in the sense of the example. I never heard it used as a verb or adjective
Derivative of the word 'cobby', a cob is an individual who shares the idiosyncratic characteristics of the cobby, however, to a lesser extent than the actual cobby himself. Cobs often specialize in one certain aspect of stereotypical cobby behavior. The main difference between a cob and the traditional cobby though, is that a cob is not necessarily a burnout, though often times they can and are percieved to be.
Person A: Dude, Les Stroud isn't a real survivor man!
Person B: Why not dude?
Person A: The fuckin guy has a survival crew 50 yards away from him that he can call whenever he wants! He prolly camps in a trailer inbetween sets and maunches down on burgers and pizza when the camera's off.
Person B: Dude... what a cob!
When yo girl goes at your dick like it's corn on the cob
1: You get head last night?
2: Nah, my girl is in to cobbing. I thought she was going to put butter and salt on it.