Tim Cook wrote:
> "frobnicate - /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually 
> abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full 
> form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or 
> other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, 
> flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also 
> sees the construction "to frob a frob".

I suppose these sentences illustrate the proper use of the word:

  To complete a render is divine; to frobnicate one is vanity.

  It was a frobbish mishandling of data which led to the explosion.

  Neighbors found him frobbing himself behind a bush. They promptly 
called the police.

And from a recent post at the LightWave message boards:
"Nib frobn plok partkle poit, yip yip yip !!!!"

He was angry with how his polygons were turning out.

Sam

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