moby

moby

slang A mobile phone. Primarily heard in UK. A: "But every girl in my class has her own moby!" B: "Well, that's just too bad—you're still too young." It's depressing to see everyone on the train with their heads glued to their mobies, not a single moment of human interaction between them.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

moby

(ˈmobi)
1. mod. enormous; unwieldy. (Like Herman Melville’s great white whale, Moby Dick.) This is a very moby old car.
2. n. a megabyte, a measurement of computer memory size. (A megabyte is whale-sized compared to a kilobyte.) My fixed disks give me a capacity of over two thousand mobies.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • chip
  • chips
  • up on (one's) ear
  • dead as mutton
  • mutton
  • (as) dead as mutton
  • Two Bob
  • one of the boys
  • one of the lads
  • lad
References in periodicals archive
THE musician Moby may be best known for his dance music but he's hoping his latest album will put you to sleep.
Moby: I've never had a proper night's kip; 90s dance music DJ and insomnia sufferer says his new record is designed to help people nod off, writes Amy Packer
Aksoy added: " Kukuli's success in Turkey and worldwide has grabbed the world's attention, and through MOBY we have been given the opportunity to introduce the character to more children.
Turkish animated series, "Kukuli" to launch in five countries
In his memoir titled 'Then It Fell Apart', which released earlier this month, Moby claimed he and Portman dated briefly in 1999, reported People.
Moby cancels book tour after Natalie Portman controversy
Moby published a selfie of him and Natalie in an attempt to prove they dated
Moby APOLOGISES to Natalie Portman and says he wasn't 'respectful' of 14 year age gap; Moby and Natalie Portman have been at loggerheads after he claimed they had a romance and she branded him 'creepy'
Instead, Moby's descent is long and slow, full of momentary revelations that are forgotten after the next drink or drug, then reprised and regretted when he wakes.
Then It Fell Apart
One thing is clear: In Trump's America, Moby may be beaten but he's not broken.
Moby returns to his moody, trip-hop best on new CD
However, his success didn't last and after a few years, Moby was on the verge of calling it a day.
I ditched booze to start new chapter; Singer-songwriter Moby on how stopping drinking helped him refocus and pen his autobiography, reminiscing about New York.. and Scotland
Moby Group has traditionally focussed on Farsi-speaking coun- tries, with the company launching the first private radio station, Arman FM, in post-conflict Afghanistan in 2003.
Vice to launch in the Middle East
Nat, who was raised by a black stepmother and whose business partner and best friend, Archy Stallings, is also black, winces to hear Moby doing so clumsily what he has devoted his life to doing well: "If you were a white guy living along the edge of blackness all your life," Chabon observes, "the worst thing was somebody around you trying to do the same."
Michael Chabon's New 'Telegraph Avenue': Stylish but Overwritten
The parties have signed a deal under which News Corp will purchase the minority interest in exchange for its 50% stake in the Farsi-language TV joint venture with Moby that operates under the name Broadcast Middle East (BME).
News Corp to take minority in UAE Moby
But if you call him by his stage name, Moby, it's enough to ignite a sea of floating mobile phones, rising from the audience to snap adoring photos of the performer.
Don't be fooled by the basic black
It's been a while coming but tickets to see Moby making his Middle East concert debut are now on sale.
Moby sale
If you've never been lucky enough to experience a night out in New York, but want to know what it might be like, Moby's new album 'Last Night' could be a good starting point.
Moby's big night out