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==The Meaning== | ==The Meaning== | ||
While wandering around the forums, especially around the [http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=33 Scripters] forum, you might have came across a player saying | While wandering around the forums, especially around the [http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=33 Scripters] forum, you might have came across a player saying the above. | ||
<abbr title="Get Out Before We Eat You">GOBWEY</abbr> is an acronym meaning "'''G'''et '''O'''ut '''B'''efore '''W'''e '''E'''at '''Y'''ou". It originated in the Scripters forum, and then found its way to some other forums and is sometimes used in these. Usually, players will use | <abbr title="Get Out Before We Eat You">GOBWEY</abbr> is an acronym meaning "'''G'''et '''O'''ut '''B'''efore '''W'''e '''E'''at '''Y'''ou". It originated in the Scripters forum, and then found its way to some of the other forums and is sometimes used in these. Usually, players will use it to mean to you that you posted a thread in the wrong forum, or that you did something wrong. Its use is generally not always well accepted, but it is used mainly by players who get mad at you for posting certain things. | ||
==Some History== | ==Some History== | ||
The acronym <abbr title="Get Out Before We Eat You">GOBWEY</abbr> originated in the Scripters forum, | The acronym <abbr title="Get Out Before We Eat You">GOBWEY</abbr> originated in the Scripters forum. Back then, players there pretended to be cannibals and pretended to eat other ROBLOXians, to scare them away so they would get out of the forum and not post there again. It is still used, but new users often get confused when they see it, because they do not understand what the user using it is trying to say. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:19, 19 February 2012
GOBWEY!
The Meaning
While wandering around the forums, especially around the Scripters forum, you might have came across a player saying the above.
GOBWEY is an acronym meaning "Get Out Before We Eat You". It originated in the Scripters forum, and then found its way to some of the other forums and is sometimes used in these. Usually, players will use it to mean to you that you posted a thread in the wrong forum, or that you did something wrong. Its use is generally not always well accepted, but it is used mainly by players who get mad at you for posting certain things.
Some History
The acronym GOBWEY originated in the Scripters forum. Back then, players there pretended to be cannibals and pretended to eat other ROBLOXians, to scare them away so they would get out of the forum and not post there again. It is still used, but new users often get confused when they see it, because they do not understand what the user using it is trying to say.
