I always thought that Foo and Bar were derived from FooBar, which comes from FUBAR, which is an acronym for F#cked Up Beyond All Recognition. (Which seems relat

I always thought that Foo and Bar were derived from FooBar, which comes from FUBAR, which is an acronym for F#cked Up Beyond All Recognition. (Which seems related to SNAFU: Situation Normal; All F#cked Up.) This is mentioned at the end of the text.