fobbit

fobbit
 n.— «If you think leaving “the wire” might be a fun adventure, you might be a fobbit, and if the second time you’ll be off the FOB is on leave, you might be a fobbit.» —“Stories from embedded journalists with U.S. units in Iraq” by Edward Lee Pitts AP July 9, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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