Comment by 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
Aka a backronym.
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.