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- From: gg@panix.com (Louis Bianchi)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Stupid Question: What does "foo" stand for?
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 15:59:13 GMT
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC
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- References: <DLA6o4.8s0@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> <1996Jan16.144939.8745@ohstpy> <31167aab.15607488@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <4fktpb$rj@news1.sunbelt.net>
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- dking@SunBelt.Net wrote:
-
- >In article <31167aab.15607488@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov>,
- > kdq@emoryi.jpl.nasa.gov (Kevin Quitt) wrote:
- >>On 16 Jan 96 14:49:39 -0500, vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu wrote:
- >>>"Foo" stands for "fu" which means "fucked up".
- >>
- >>No it doesn't. FUBAR and its ilk are from WWII. Foo predates FUBAR by at
- >>least twenty and perhaps 30 years. The use of BAR inconjunction with FOO is
- >>undoubtedly due to the FUBAR acronym, however.
-
- >Foo is nothing more than a replacement for profanity for use where profanity
- >is not permitted. I play a MUD where use of profanity will get you banished
- >from the game if you continue to use it. Foo is used in place of profanity
- >IE. Life's a bear (bear substituting for bitch).
-
- They are all valid explanations.
- FUBAR as used by myself and compatriots stands for "Fouled Up Beyone
- All Recognition".
-
- Replace the Fouled with the profanity of your choice. I personaly do
- not intend it as fouled. :)
- Be seeing you,
- gg
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