From: "H.W. Stockman" <hwstock AT swcp DOT com>
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Subject: Re: what's "foo"?
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 12:46:17 -0700
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test wrote:
> 
> I've seen "foo" poping up in lot of djgpp and at&t unix documentations. Why
> is this obsesion with this word? I wonder if this is somekind of insider
> jargon?

I'd guess the pair "foo" and "bar" trace back to
the military acronym FUBAR, which (euphemistically)
stood for "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition".

Of course, other suggestions have been given in
place of "fouled".