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ABOMBE

Specialty Definition: ABOMBE

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Adjective. Source: Possible Quechuan, probable Spanish origin. Definition: Term often employed to describe a specific situation as either extremely boring or uninteresting. Context: This term is very seldom used, or used with extreme caution as it comes with strong implications. In other words, the clear meaning is absolute, irreversible and strongly negative. Social Source: Small group of Hispanos Andinos, Andine Hispanics. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: ABOMBE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-b-e-m-o"

-1 letter: bombe.

-2 letters: abbe, ambo, babe, beam, bema, bomb, mabe.

-3 letters: abo, bam, boa, bob, ebb, mae, moa, mob, obe.

-4 letters: ab, ae, am, ba, be, bo, em, ma, me, mo, oe, om.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-b-e-m-o"
 

+3 letters: bamboozle, beachcomb, bombarded, bombazine, bombinate.

 

+4 letters: abominable, bamboozled, bamboozles, beachcombs, bombardier, bombazines, bombinated, bombinates, combinable, embossable, improbable, mailbombed.

 

+5 letters: beachcombed, beachcomber, bombardiers, bombardment, broomballer, cabbageworm.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ABOMBE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 42 4F 4D 42 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -...    ---    --    -...    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000010 01001111 01001101 01000010 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#66 &#79 &#77 &#66 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0042 004F 004D 0042 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

353649473639

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