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To: SamAdams76
a new key fob

I'm curious. What does "fob" mean regarding smart automobile keys.

Out of all the possibilities I am aware of none seemed to apply to automobiles. I tried all the following but only the last one could possibly apply.

Freight On Board
Fresh Off the Boat
Friendly Order of Battle
Fuel On Board
Full Of Baloney
Full Of Beans
Foreign Objects
Foot Of the Bed
Flat On Back
First Order of Business
Family Owned Business

This must be it ... Frequently Operated Button

48 posted on 10/27/2013 4:04:10 PM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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To: MosesKnows
Fob (as in key fob) doesn't stand for anything at all. It's simply a word and it originated hundreds of years ago from the German word fuppe - which means "small pocket".

Back in those days, people used to carry pocket watches on a chain. The chain was called a "fob" and many men's suits at the time had a small pocket called a "fob pocket" to contain such watch and chain.


49 posted on 10/27/2013 4:20:25 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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