fobby adjective giving the impression of having recently arrived in the United States from Asia US From FOB–“fresh off the boat”.
back when i used to go on those auditions, they wanted the “traditional” sometimes nerdy or fobby asian girl. ugh! — Elson Trinidad, soc.culture.asian.american, 5 September 1994
— Pamela Munro (Editor), U.C.L.A.Slang6, p. 49, 2009