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From: legacy@ieighty.net (Legacy I.)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 22:41:52
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In article <5m5evt$hoa@felix.cc.gatech.edu> ulmont@cc.gatech.edu (Richard Campbell) writes:
>From: ulmont@cc.gatech.edu (Richard Campbell)
>Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
>Date: 23 May 1997 21:07:09 -0400
>In article <kigraeyqeaz.fsf@jagor.srce.hr>,
>Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> wrote:
>>> 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
>>File: jargon.info, Node: bar, Next: bare metal, Prev: banner, Up: = B =
>>:bar: /bar/ /n./ 1. The second {metasyntactic variable},
>> after {foo} and before {baz}. "Suppose we have two
>> functions: FOO and BAR. FOO calls BAR...." 2. Often
>> appended to {foo} to produce {foobar}.
>Fucked
>Up
>Beyond
>All
>Recognition
>=FUBAR ~= foobar.
Its an old military tern, I've heard from as far back as WWII.. Used to
describe a commrade who's been... terminated... in a disfiguring way. Also
see as "Fu'ed" (Fucked up)
-Legacy