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- From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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- Subject: Re: Gleanings (76)
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 21:02:39 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS () says:
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- >14) Foo Bird. (John Wm.)
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- >there were also the WWII-era UFO's that were called "Foo-fighters" by USAAF
- >personnel. Partridge gives it as more-or-less a synonym for "gremlin" and
- >credits it to Australian (!) sources. I don't think so. (BTW, does anyone
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- I wonder if it's a cousin to programming's Foo! ? Probably not, as Foo is
- supposed to be spelled Fu - as in the front end of fubar.:-) Come to think
- of it, a Foo Bird or a Gremlin *could* fubar things pretty well....
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- >21) Dodge Geezer (Graham)
- > Make and model of Ruth's car.
- >
- LIAR! I drive a Chevy wheezer, not some horrible rust-pitted Dodge Geezer!
- Putt would be insulted if it heard you call it that - fortunately, the PC's
- out of its line of sight.... A Dodge Geezer, I am told, is better known as a
- Dodge Dart, aka a more or less indestructible, and incredibly ugly, hunk of
- Detroit iron, most commonly found in shades of olive drab, or puke green,
- although they have been seen in red.
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