FOO 1. [from the Yiddish 'feh' or Anglo-Saxon 'fooey'] interj.
Term of disgust. 2. [from FUBAR, WWII acronym, often seen as FOOBAR] Name
used for temporary programs, or as arbitrary names. Other similar words are
BAR, BAZ, and RAG. These have been used in Pogo as well. 3. A sample name
for just about anything. (The old 'Smokey Stover' comic strips often included
the word FOO, particularly on license plates of cars.)
Term of disgust. 2. [from FUBAR, WWII acronym, often seen as FOOBAR] Name
used for temporary programs, or as arbitrary names. Other similar words are
BAR, BAZ, and RAG. These have been used in Pogo as well. 3. A sample name
for just about anything. (The old 'Smokey Stover' comic strips often included
the word FOO, particularly on license plates of cars.)
Related:
- foo /foo/
1. interj. Term of disgust. 2. [very
common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely
anything,
esp. programs and files (esp. scratch files). 3. 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... - frog: alt. `phrog' 1. interj. Term of disgust (we seem to have
a lot of them).
2. Used as a name for just about anything. See ... - frog alt. `phrog'
1. interj. Term of disgust (we seem
to have a lot of them).
2. Used as a name for just about anything. See... - baz: /baz/ n. 1. The third {metasyntactic variable} "Suppose we
have three functions:
FOO, BAR, and BAZ. FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ... - baz /baz/ n.
1. [common] The third metasyntactic variable "Suppose we have three functions:
F FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ...." (See also... - glork /glork/
1. interj. Term of mild surprise, usually
tinged with outrage,
as when one attempts to save the results of two... - glork: /glork/ 1. interj. Term of mild surprise, usually tinged with
outrage,
as when one attempts to save the results of two hours... - bar: /bar/ n. 1. The second {metasyntactic variable},
after {foo} and before {baz}. "Suppose we have...
From the same category:
- A man and a woman had a little baby,
oh yes they did... - Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand?
Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet... - What's good enough for our ancestors is good enough
for us... - Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die,
your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck... - Canada?
What part of Texas is that in...
