Frobnicate

HomeAbout
Go up to Top.

Go forward to Frobnitz.

 FROBNICATE v. To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. Derived from
       FROBNITZ (q.v.). Usually abbreviated to FROB. Thus one has the saying
       "to frob a frob". See TWEAK and TWIDDLE. Usage: FROB,
       TWIDDLE, and TWEAK sometimes connote points along a continuum. FROB
       connotes aimless manipulation; TWIDDLE connotes gross manipulation,
       often a coarse search for a proper setting; TWEAK connotes
       fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if
       he's carefully adjusting it he is probably tweaking it; if he is just
       turning it but looking at the screen he is probably twiddling it; but
       if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it.