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Sorry to be nitpicking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar "Foobar Not to be confused with FUBAR or Foobar2000." It's linked from FUBAR but not under "d
by mh-cx 4y ago
Sorry to be nitpicking:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar
"Foobar
Not to be confused with FUBAR or Foobar2000."
It's linked from FUBAR but not under "disambiguation" but "See also".
- fknorangesite 4y agoWell, yeah. But also: > It is possible that foobar is a playful allusion to the World War II-era military slang FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar Which is certainly how I've always understood it.
- wizofaus 4y agoIt seems the "foo" didn't come from that, but once "foo" was in wide adoption, the "bar" likely suggested itself automatically to someone familiar with "fubar".