Frobly-mobly

English

Katakana Transliteration

• フロブリー・モブリー (furoburī moburī)

Adjective

frobly-mobly (comparative more frobly-mobly, superlative most frobly-mobly)

1. Indifferently well; neither well nor unwell.
   • 1674 Eng. dial. — Used to describe a middling or ambiguous state of health or condition.

Examples

• "How are you feeling today?" — "Oh, just frobly-mobly, I suppose."
• The patient reported feeling frobly-mobly—nothing serious, but not quite right either.

Related terms

• wishy-washy
• so-so
• middling
• comme ci comme ça

See also

• "Word #76 frobly mobly/etymology, meaning, pronunciation, examples/ A Word A Day Challenge 2021" by WinSun's English Academy