foobar
<jargon>
Another common metasyntactic variable; see foo. Hackers do *not* generally use this to mean FUBAR in either the slang or jargon sense.
According to a german correspondent, the term was coined during WW2 by allied troops who could not pronounce the german word "furchtbar" (horrible, terrible, awful). [Jargon File]Last updated: 2003-07-03
Nearby terms:
font ♦ fontology ♦ foo ♦ foobar ♦ foogol ♦ FOOL ♦ fool file ♦ Fools' Lisp
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