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See also: foo bar

English

Alternative forms

  • foo bar

Etymology

Phonetic spelling of FUBAR, which is either an acronym for "fucked up beyond all recognition", or derived from foo.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Australia):(file)

Noun

foobar (plural foobars)

  1. (slang) A serious mistake.
  2. (programming) A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.

Derived terms

  • bar

Related terms

  • foo
  • foo fighter
  • FUBAR

Translations

variable name
  • Esperanto: ajn (eo)
  • Japanese: hogehoge (hogehoge)
  • Polish: foobar m

References

  1. ^ “foo”, The Jargon File
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