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- From: vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Stupid Question: What does "foo" stand for?
- Message-ID: <1996Jan17.030808.8753@ohstpy>
- Date: 17 Jan 96 03:08:08 -0500
- References: <DLA6o4.8s0@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> <1996Jan16.144939.8745@ohstpy> <4dhjes$545@clare.res.com>
- Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Physics
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- In article <4dhjes$545@clare.res.com>, danlynes@res.com writes:
- > In <1996Jan16.144939.8745@ohstpy>, vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
- >
- >>"Foo" stands for "fu" which means "fucked up". It is part
- >>of "Foobar" which stands for "fubar" which means "fucked up
- >>beyond all repair".
- >
- > That's a new one. I thought it was 'recognition', not repair.
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- The original usage in the army was "repair" (e.g. - damaged equipment).
- It is also used as 'recognition' in the compugeek world. SO yes, you
- are also correct :)
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