Obi \O"bi\, n. [Prob. of African origin.] 1. A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [Written also {obe} and {obeah}.] --De Quincey. --B. Edwards.
2. A charm or fetich. [West Indies] --B. Edwards.
An Officer of the Order of the British Empire gets to add OBE after his or her name.
Michael McIntyre and Philip Vaile, yachting gold medalists at the Seoul Olympics, receive MBEs, while Richard Dodds, captain of the gold-medal-winning hockey team gets an OBE.
Mr Gary Lineker, Spurs' star striker, was awarded an OBE in the New Year's honours list and yesterday the club clinched a 2-1 victory over Coventry.
Mr Andy Roxburgh, the Scottish football team manager receives the OBE.
Bourne stresses that the OBE was given to her as a way of acknowledging the area of dance she has served. 'I honestly think I was awarded it because I've survived, and because this kind of dance has taken root, and because I was a woman.