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Comment by colonwqbang

7 months ago

The Blob is a movie from 1958 and the blobs in databases were named after the movie. Later, some people felt that blob should be an acronym.

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aleph_minus_one  7 months ago

> Later, some people felt that blob should be an acronym.

At least this acronym took on a life of its own: we now also have CLOBs (which correspond to no English word that I am aware of): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_large_object

  • BizarroLand  7 months ago

    clobber

    verb: informal hit (someone) hard. treat or deal with harshly. defeat heavily.

    Noun: British slang for Clothes, circa 1879

    The Fantastic Four's The Thing's catchphrase, "It's clobberin' time!" was the only "clob" I was aware of prior to doing these searches.