Moby
Techno artist mononym
Moby is informal for something enormous or formidable, from the white whale in Melville's novel *Moby-Dick*.
In computing, a moby is a large or unwieldy piece of code or data: That's one moby of a database.
The word suggests something impressive in scale but potentially difficult to manage.
Short form of Richard
- white whaleConsuming, elusive pursuit
- leviathanEnormous creature or entity
- PequodFictional whaling ship
- harpoonBarbed spear for whales
Ahab · Melville · sperm whale · Ishmael · obsession · cetacean · blubber · ambergris
Relating to circuitry devices
- technoElectronic dance genre
- DJMusic mixer performer
- ambientOf the surroundings
- producerOne who makes things
vegan · rave · synthesizer · remix · sampling · electronica · beats · dance
Inducing altered perception
- rockSolid earthen material
- bandGroup playing music together
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
- San FranciscoNorthern California metropolis
acid rock · Spence · jam · guitar · counterculture · blues · Columbia · improvisation
Dick
Short form of Richard
- white whaleConsuming, elusive pursuit
- leviathanEnormous creature or entity
- PequodFictional whaling ship
Ahab · Melville · harpoon · sperm whale · Ishmael · obsession · cetacean · blubber · ambergris · Queequeg
electronic
Relating to circuitry devices
producer · vegan · rave · synthesizer · remix · sampling · electronica · beats · dance · alternative
psychedelic
Inducing altered perception
San Francisco · acid rock · Spence · jam · guitar · counterculture · blues · Columbia · improvisation · experimental
- 90s MusicNirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Green Day, Radiohead
- literary animalsAnimal Farm, white whale, Charlotte's Web, Watership Down, White Fang
- MononymsCher, Madonna, Oprah, Beyonce, Rihanna
- Electronic ArtistsDaft Punk, Deadmau5, Skrillex, Fatboy Slim, Avicii
- Bald Headsbaldy, chrome dome, cue ball, shaved head, Mr. Clean
Mobydwarf
Diminutive folkloric being
tiny · minuscule · microscopic · diminutive · miniature
MobyTrent Reznor
Marilyn Manson · The Prodigy · death metal · punk rock · gangsta rap
- mobile phonePortable wireless telephone
- angry mobHostile crowd seeking retribution
- mobile homeTransportable prefabricated dwelling
- mob justiceExtralegal punishment by crowds
- the mobOrganized criminal enterprise
- mobile hotspotPortable wireless internet source
mob, mobile, mobility, mobilize, mobilized, Moby-Dick, mobilizers, mobilises, mobilising