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Where I grew up in a park in Boston, Field's Corner to be exact (Park St and Dorchester Ave), we used the word "oblio" to mean buffoon, numskull, oaf, blockhead, and/or imbecile.
Generally, it was mostly used for some of the bigger guys - "why did you do that, you big oblio?"
You didn't want to call a guy bigger than you an imbecile, buffoon or a blockhead, so oblio was used, and you could get away with insulting him for what he had done or said without getting backhanded for it.
The air is a little thin for the tall ones, so it was harder for them to figure out that they were getting insulted, because it was also used sometimes endearingly - not as an insult.
Only the giver really knew how it was meant, so the receiver had to accept it either way. Then again, sometimes it depended on the giver and the receiver's relationship, and the giver ended up with a backhander just for general principal - just in case.
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What actors and actresses appeared in Oblio - 2008?
The cast of Oblio - 2008 includes: Aniello Ciaramella as Old director Gianluca Gabriele as Young director Chiara Pavoni as Woman
Who wrote the album The Land of Point?
Harry nilson-oblio
Animated character wearing a pointed hat and has a dog?
That would be Oblio and the dog's name is Arrow. They are characters from Harry Nillson's musical 'The Point' A great story and a great parable.
How do you spell obleo?
The proper noun Oblio is a fictional character in Harry Nilsson's The Point! (1971).The proper noun Obleo is a character in the 2010 book of the same name by Greg Van Doren.
What does descriptor mean?
It mean what you don't what does it mean.
What does mean mean in statistics?
Mean is the average.
Who was king Henry and what did he do?
he was a mean person who lived with mean people in a mean castle on a mean hill in a mean country in a mean continent in a mean world in a mean solar system in a mean galaxy in a mean universe in a mean dimension
What does GRI mean?
What does GRI mean? What does GRI mean?
What do the hardens mean mean?
The haudensaunee mean irguios
Do you say 'what does it mean' or 'what is it mean'?
The correct usage is "what DOES it mean"
Does mean mean average?
'Mean' is the mathematical word for 'average'. 'Average' is the everyday word for 'mean'.
What is a metaphor for being mean?
He is as mean as a copperhead snakeHe is as mean as an angry bearHe is as mean as a bottle of brandyHe is as mean a black woman
