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echo: aust_c_here
to: Adam Fitzpatrick
from: Roy McNeill
date: 1996-06-22 23:12:38
subject: foo

RM>I've often wondered why foo() (the fraternal twin of bar()) is

 RM>spelled "foo". If it was to respect its ancestor properly,

 RM>shouldn't it be spelled "fu"?



 AF> What is the origin of foobar anyway?



Fubar (adj)(USA colloq): F'd Up Beyond All Recognition



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