Definition of LOBNH

LOBNH

adjective

acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.

Citation from "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
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Last edited on Jul 05 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 23 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)':
pong	Definitions include: to smell, stink.
pad	Definitions include: home.
hen party	Definitions include: a bachelorette party.
ta	Definitions include: "thank you."
leave off	Definitions include: The same as ditto (British).
recce	Definitions include: to reconnoiter.
flange	Definitions include: vagina.
posh	Definitions include: sassy, beyond sassy... incredibly choleric.
face like a workman's bench	Definitions include: British.
chip butty	Definitions include: a sandwich made with butter and chips (British fries made from chunkier slices of potato then their American cousins) bought from the fish and chip shop.
crockadillapig	Definitions include: an unusually ugly woman.
rheumaholiday	Definitions include: disparaging nickname for rheumatology, used by doctors in the UK.
point Percy at the porcelain	Definitions include: Australian slang for male urinating.
flash	Definitions include: meaning fancy, stunning or anything that looks extraordinarily good.
well	Definitions include: to lie.
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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)':
bb	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "baby".
thxs	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "thanks".
JFDI	Definitions include: acronym for "just fucking do it".
DBI	Definitions include: acronym for "dirtbag index", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
IOTETMCO	Definitions include: acronym for "intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer."
f	Definitions include: "fuck".
nib	Definitions include: small amount of marijuana, less than a bowl.
FTFY	Definitions include: acronym for "fixed that for you".
ROTFLMFAO	Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on the floor laughing my fucking ass off".
LOL	Definitions include: acronym of "laugh out loud" or "laughing out loud."
j00r	Definitions include: "your."
MF	Definitions include: acronym for mother fucker.
DM	Definitions include: acronym for "direct message".
HAGS	Definitions include: acronym for "have a great summer".
NYE	Definitions include: acronym for "New Year's Eve".
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Other terms relating to 'but':
ABD	Definitions include: acronym for "all but dissertation".
ain't no thing but a chicken wing	Definitions include: to be okay; not a big concern.
all but dissertation	Definitions include: a student who has completed all parts of advanced education with the exception of completing, presenting, and defending their dissertation.
close but no cigar	Definitions include: to almost happen, but not.
everything but the kitchen sink	Definitions include: everything.
good from far, but far from good	Definitions include: A person walking towards you that looks attractive until they get closer.
last but not least	Definitions include: appearing last in some list, but not because it's the least important item on the list.
lights are on but no one's home	Definitions include: alive but brain-dead.
lights on but nobody's home	Definitions include: "eyes are open but the person isn't responding to stimuli."
SBD	Definitions include: Silent But Deadly.
silent but deadly	Definitions include: particularly smelly flatulence.
silent but violent	Definitions include: particularly smelly flatulence.
Other terms relating to 'home':
bring home the bacon	Definitions include: to earn an income.
downhome	Definitions include: Newfoundland
downhomer	Definitions include: Newfoundlander
eat (one) out of house and home	Definitions include: as a guest, to eat an excessive amount.
go drunk, you're home	Definitions include: "Go home, you're drunk," as a drunk person might say it.
hit a home run	Definitions include: see home run.
home boy	Definitions include: friend.
home dog	Definitions include: a close friend.
Home is where the horror is	Definitions include: home is where the horror is
Homer	Definitions include: a simple minded person, never cognizant of the world around them; MORON.
home run	Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse.
homes	Definitions include: friend.
home skillet	Definitions include: a good friend; "home boy".
home slice	Definitions include: a good friend.
home wrecker	Definitions include: a person who has an affair with a married person.
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Other terms relating to 'light':
change light bulbs	Definitions include: slang for Bhangra (an Indian dance where the hands are raised in the air in a twisting motion).
chase tail lights	Definitions include: to imitate competitors.
generate more heat than light	Definitions include: to generate more heated discussion than figurative illumination (i.e. insight.)
green light	Definitions include: to approve a plan.
head light flasher	Definitions include: a girl who flashes her breasts.
headlights	Definitions include: erect nipples.
it's lights out	Definitions include: it's the end / death of something.
knock (one's) lights out	Definitions include: to punch someone until they are unconscious.
lights are on but no one's home	Definitions include: alive but brain-dead.
lights down	Definitions include: commonly used southern US term (Louisiana) means closed.
lights on but nobody's home	Definitions include: "eyes are open but the person isn't responding to stimuli."
lights out	Definitions include: time to go to bed.
light up	Definitions include: to set flame to a smoking device, such as a cigarette or pipe.
natty light	Definitions include: "Natural Light" brand beer.
outen the light	Definitions include: to turn off a source of light.
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Other terms relating to 'nobody':
lights on but nobody's home	Definitions include: "eyes are open but the person isn't responding to stimuli."
like nobody's business	Definitions include: an extreme amount.
nobody	Definitions include: a non-notable person.
nobody's fool	Definitions include: an intelligent person.
Other terms relating to 'on':
accidentally on purpose	Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive.
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
a lot on (one's) plate	Definitions include: See on (one's) plate.
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
as useless as tits on a boar hog	Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
back on (one's) feet	Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event.
back on pipe	Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction.
bag on	Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of".
bail on	Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon.
ball on	Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
bang on	Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
beast on	Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone.
be in on	Definitions include: to be involved with.
*be like flies on sht**	Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
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