Tobian
Hank's made-up word for being anti-environment or wanting to destroy the world, chosen because it sounds evil; John later proposed dropping it because people named Toby or Tobian objected.
Origin on the channel: Hank coins 'Tobian' as his made-up word for the evil of wanting to destroy the world, because it sounds evil. — Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts 00:02:07
in-group term (coinage) · in 4 videos, 2008 · last heard 2008
- First in the videos: 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts 00:02:07
- Last in the videos: 2008-07-30 · Audiobooks and 8 8 08 00:03:38
- Running bit: 'Tobian': Hank's made-up evil word (2008) — 1 origin, 1 variant, 1 callback, 1 retirement
- Related: pwned (2) · nerdfighter (2) · secret sibling (2)
Videos per year: 2008: 4
Every video
2008
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-06-16 | Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts 00:02:07 | origin | Hank coins 'Tobian' as his made-up word for the evil of wanting to destroy the world, because it sounds evil. |
| 2008-06-19 | Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) 00:01:12 | retire | John proposes removing Hank's 'Tobian' from the Nerdfighter vocabulary after complaints from Tobies, people surnamed Tobian and the Tobian-speaking islanders, replacing it with 'Decepticonian'. |
| 2008-06-26 | Don't Suck on That Bone 00:00:48 | variant | John recites three absurd Tobian phrasebook sentences, including the title line. |
| 2008-07-30 | Audiobooks and 8 8 08 00:03:38 | callback | John tells Hank a Tobian visited him in Spring Lake and asks how Hank could have thought that lovely woman evil. |