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

plural of Hobson's choice

plural of Hobson-Jobson

plural of hobson-jobson

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

The choice of taking either the primary option or nothing.

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

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.