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English
Etymology
Shortened from observation + -o.
Noun
obbo (countable and uncountable, plural obbos)
- (slang) police observation
- Synonym: obs
2013, Ross Bradshaw, Crime:Thing is, victim was under obbo. He'd done time. He was a nark.
2017, Phil Rickman, All of a Winter's Night:If we'd known about that two or three weeks ago, had him under obbo – assuming we could afford that – we could be looking at a serious result by now.
2020, Richi of MaliStrip (lyrics and music), “Trap Giddy (aka L-Tizzy)”, in Welcome To Leyton (Mixtape), from 1:59–2:17:That block popping,
them bodies dropping like it’s nothing,
them pigs watching
[…] My nitties always clucking for my food, cause they love it
Got a bitch, yeah she swallows,
my whole strip, that’s an obbo
Them jakes, yeah they follow
I got light, I got choco
2021, “On Me”, in Parallel World, performed by Cadence Weapon:I step out, the CCTV clocks me / Under obbo like man shots keys
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