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From: Nathan Hand <Nathan.Hand@anu.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 01:57:00 +1000
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Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> 
> Greg Hayes <greg@hayford.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > Where does 'foo' come from
> 
> File: jargon.info, Node: foo, Next: foobar, Prev: fontology, Up: = F =
> 
> :foo: /foo/  1. /interj./ Term of disgust.  2. Used very
>
> [3 pages of fooey deleted]

Sheesh. What have you got on "bar"?

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