OBOE

What Does OBOE Mean?

The Growing Glossary of Dating Slang

If you're new to online dating, then I'm afraid there is whole new language with well over 250 terms for you to learn.

Particularly since the rise of the iKids, people have been far more open about their sexual preferences and desires, and this has generated a long glossary of new dating terms. Many sexual preferences are still abbreviated on dating sites, presumably with the idea that those who do not understand the term do not need to know it. That thinking does not help newcomers though. Here is the term you're looking for:

Oboe means "Penis."

More Observations...

In software design it means "Off-By-One Error."

Penis

On social media and chat forums, oboe means "penis." It is a slang term, usually combined with the color purple or pink, to leave no room for doubt. For example:

Sam: Ali is very musically talented.
Lee: An expert with the pink oboe too, I hear.

Off-By-One Error

In software design, OBOE is an acronym meaning "Off-By-One Error." In this context, OBOE refers to an error in logic error where a value is specified incorrectly and is either one more or one less than it should be.

There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and OBOEs.

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When I write OBOE, I mean this:

"Penis"

Summary of Key Points for the First Definition

"Penis" is, by far, the most common meaning for oboe when it is used in a text. (Bear in mind that it could have another meaning if used in a different context.)