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Re: List oddity

Subject: Re: List oddity
From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 07:06:30 -0700

On Aug 3, 2010, at 4:28 AM, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> The origin of "foo bar" is not known for sure, but I haven't seen the
> Scandinavian languages mentioned as an origin before...

My first exposure to it was in the army, where it was spelled "FUBAR", which means "fouled up beyond all recognition".  (That's the Bowdlerized version.)

-- Michelle

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