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What is your definition of FooBar?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Randy-Edmonds, Nov 9, 2006.

  1. Randy-Edmonds

    Randy-Edmonds

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    What does "foobar" or "foobarred" mean to you?
     
    Randy-Edmonds, Nov 9, 2006
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  2. forestjohnson

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    The original FUBAR means F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition. Don't know about Foobar.

    OMFG ROFL FTFF FFS FTW LOL H4X
     
    forestjohnson, Nov 9, 2006
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  3. freyr

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    In actual use "foobar" can mean everything from "nothing", through "whatever" to "anything at all" depending on context. Ie. it is a metasyntactic variable

    "Foobarred" should then refer to anything that has had done "whatever" or "anything at all" to it. ... or that it has been used as a metasyntactic variable:
    "Barney got fobarred by being used as a generic example in class. How embarrasing!"
     
    freyr, Nov 9, 2006
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  4. deram_scholzara

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    In ID's Quake 4 it means F*** or F***ed... but without the explicit language that would have increased their already high age recommendation.
     
    deram_scholzara, Nov 10, 2006
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  5. Lallander

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    Yoggy is correct on this one. Also SNAFU - Situation Normal All Fu**ed Up

    Just as a point of interest.
     
    Lallander, Nov 10, 2006
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  6. pete

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    unless you're on primtime tv. then it's "fouled up beyond all recognition" with "fouled" being dubbed in some other actors voice... :D
     
    pete, Nov 10, 2006
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