"foo" origin

Don Eastman deastman at pilot.njin.net
Mon Nov 20 03:21:43 AEST 1989


> `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 at pilot.njin.net



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