mobot

noun — 2 senses

mobot

nounalso spelled Mobot

/ˈməʊbɒt/

Etymology From mobile + -bot.

1

A mobile autonomous robot, especially one used in artificial intelligence research, or as a toy.

Mobot

noun

Etymology Blend of Mo (“nickname for Mohamed”) + robot (“dance move”).

1

A celebratory dance where the arms and hands form an "M"-shape over the head, associated with runner Mo Farah.

  • In 2012, the Foundation started up the “do the Mobot” campaign, encouraging everyone to do a Mobot dance in order to raise £100,000 towards the Mo Farah orphanage & sports academy.2013, Michael Hurley, Mo Farrah, Raintree, →ISBN, page 22:
  • A rare break in proceedings before 'Song 2' brought yet another surprise, as Damon successfully got an entire field of revellers to do the 'Mobot' in honour of track star and double-goldwinning medallist Mo Farah.2013, Martin Power, The Life of Blur, Music Sales Group, →ISBN:
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  • I felt like a balloon, floating above all this mayhem, looking down on someone who looked like me doing the Mobot with Mo Farah (he thanked me for inventing it, by the way).2014, Clare Balding, Walking Home: My Family and Other Rambles, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

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