foobar

ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)

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#1·4h ago

(slang) A serious mistake.

Origin: Phonetic spelling of FUBAR, which is either an acronym for "fucked up beyond all recognition", or derived from foo. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·4h ago

(programming) A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.

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