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Obie
[
oh
-bee
]
Origin
O·bie
/
ˈoʊ
bi
/
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[
oh
-bee
]
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noun
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's
The Village Voice
newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
Origin:
pronunciation of OB, abbreviation of
off Broadway
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Word Origin & History
Obie
one of the annual awards given to off-Broadway theater, 1967, from O.B. as the abbreviation of Off-Broadway.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Obie
OB (that is, off Broadway)
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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