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  2. From: danlynes@res.com
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
  4. Subject: Re: Stupid Question: What does "foo" stand for?
  5. Date: 17 Jan 1996 01:30:04 GMT
  6. Organization: RES Online
  7. Message-ID: <4dhjes$545@clare.res.com>
  8. References: <DLA6o4.8s0@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> <1996Jan16.144939.8745@ohstpy>
  9. Reply-To: danlynes@res.com
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  13. In <1996Jan16.144939.8745@ohstpy>, vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
  14.  
  15. >"Foo" stands for "fu" which means "fucked up". It is part
  16. >of "Foobar" which stands for "fubar" which means "fucked up
  17. >beyond all repair".
  18.  
  19. That's a new one.  I thought it was 'recognition', not repair.
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