foobar
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foobar
- /ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)/
Where it comes from
Phonetic spelling of FUBAR, which is either an acronym for "fucked up beyond all recognition", or derived from foo.
noun foobars
- A serious mistake.
- A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.
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noun variable name
| 日本語 | hogehoge (hogehoge) |
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Talk about this word "foobar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foobar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. foobar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/foobar "foobar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/foobar.Cite this
@misc{foobar_2026,
title = {foobar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foobar},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
