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From: deastman@pilot.njin.net (Don Eastman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: "foo" origin
Keywords: obscenity
Message-ID: <Nov.19.11.21.43.1989.1187@pilot.njin.net>
Date: 19 Nov 89 16:21:43 GMT
References: <15080002@hpfijdw.HP.COM> <Nov.19.09.11.34.1989.891@busboys.rutgers.edu>
Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J.
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> `foo' is the first syllable of `foobar', a lighter-hearted misspelling of
> `fubar', which is an acronym for "fucked up beyond all recognition".  As

It can also be used generically to describe the pathogenesis of a neat
idea compromised under the duress of real world time constraints.

Don  Eastman
deastman@pilot.njin.net