Obie
[oh-bee] /ˈoʊ bi/
noun
1.
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.
one of the annual awards given to off-Broadway theater, 1967, from O.B. as the abbreviation of Off-Broadway.
noun
An award given to a meritorious off-Broadway production
[1956+; fr off Broadway]
noun
A narcotic combining four amphetamines: The brother makes tea, and they talk about Obies
[1960s+ Narcotics; fr Obetrol2, probably a portmanteau form of obesity control]
OB (that is, off Broadway)
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