This is the first time I've heard of the word blob, I assume it is an abbreviation for something. From the look of things, it is probably tagged to an event that happened in a certain year. The occurrence must have changed a thing or two, leaving a kind of memory behind.
It is with prompt like this that improves our knowledge on certain things we might not know. This is why I love writing, it helps me to learn new words, and know about things I have no knowledge of before now. At least, we get to investigate some of these things properly.
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