Re: List oddity
Re: List oddity
- Subject: Re: List oddity
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 10:30:39 -0400
Yup, mentioned in the jargon file link I sent, but it now appears that
"foo" predates "fubar", though the addition of "bar" as the usual
follower of "foo" may have come from "FUBAR" (or "fua bar").
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Michelle Steiner
<email@hidden> wrote:
> 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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