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The Origin of Foo and Bar
- SlipperySlope 9y agoProperly fu and bar.
- wonderous 9y agoFoo & bar are terms found in programming used for generic placed holder references. It originates from the military slang FUBAR (fucked up beyond all recognition/any repair/all reason) and dates from World War II. The Oxford English Dictionary lists Yank, the US Army Weekly magazine (1944, 7 Jan. p. 8) as its earliest citation: "The FUBAR squadron. FUBAR? It means 'Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition'.