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From: bk7295@leah.Albany.Edu (Brian A. Kell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: 'foo bar' <- What's the meaning of?
Keywords: foo bar
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Date: 9 Aug 90 15:07:30 GMT
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You know, I think the original poster of this question, who lives in
Germany, wasn't asking for the etymology of FooBar, but rather the USAGE
of it:  i.e. What do people MEAN when they use it.

Someone really should tell him that it doesn't really MEAN anything! It's
just a filler word... :-)

Brian Kell