:barney: n. In Commonwealth hackish, `barney' is to {fred}
(sense #1) as {bar} is to {foo}. That is, people who
commonly use `fred' as their first metasyntactic variable will
often use `barney' second. The reference is, of course, to Fred
Flintstone and Barney Rubble in the Flintstones cartoons.
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(sense #1) as {bar} is to {foo}. That is, people who
commonly use `fred' as their first metasyntactic variable will
often use `barney' second. The reference is, of course, to Fred
Flintstone and Barney Rubble in the Flintstones cartoons.
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Related:
- barney n.
In Commonwealth hackish, `barney' is to
fred (sense #1) as bar is to foo
That is, pe who commonly use `fred' as their first... - metasyntactic variable n.
A name used in examples and
understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion
or any random member of a class of things under... - fred: n. 1. The personal name most frequently used as a
{metasyntactic variable} (see {foo})
Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch... - fred n.
1. The personal name most frequently used as a
metasyntactic variable (see foo)
Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch... - bar: /bar/ n. 1. The second {metasyntactic variable}
after {foo} and before {baz}. "Suppose we have... - foobar: n. Another common {metasyntactic variable}
see {foo}. Hackers do *not* generally use this to... - bar /bar/ n.
1. [very common] The second
metasyntactic variable
after foo and before ...." 2. Often appended to foo... - foobar n.
[very common] Another widely used
metasyntactic variable
see foo for etymology. Prob originally propagated... - The Stones, I love the Stones. I watch them whenever I can
Fred, Barney... -- Steven...
