plural of hobson-jobson

A surname originating as a patronymic. / An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Alabama. / A census-designated place in Washington County, Alabama.

plural of Hobson-Jobsonism

(linguistics, countable) A word or phrase borrowed by one language from another and modified in pronunciation to fit the set of sounds the borrowing language typically uses.

Alternative letter-case form of Hobson-Jobson

A suburban area in Auckland, New Zealand, on the north side of Waitemata Harbour and named after William Hobson.

The choice of taking either the primary option or nothing.

Of or relating to Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012), British Marxist historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism, and nationalism.

The "rule" that words or phrases borrowed between languages will be modified in their pronunciation as necessary to conform to the set of sounds used by the borrowing language.

(Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.