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From: admiral.coeyman@p-corner.com (Admiral Coeyman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 02:35:53 -0500
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RE: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
BY: Peter da Silva to ALL on Thu May 22 1997 12:00 pm
> > Where does 'foo' come from
>
> World War II, I suspect, along with "fubar" ... "fucked up beyond all
> recognition/recovery". The old wartime looneytunes shorts are full of
> references to "foo".
>
> Come on, any WWII vets remember whether "foo" was a bowdlerized form
> of "fubar"?
> --
Peter Da Silva,
I recall from talk of Foo fighters that Foo is a term relating to a cartoon
character. His trademark phrase is "Where there's Foo, there's Fire." My
memory isn't all that good, especially before I was born, but that's what I
recall...
-ADMIRAL COEYMAN
http://www.corner.net/admiral/
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