foobar

foobar

English

Etymology

Phonetic spelling of FUBAR, which is either an acronym for "Fucked up beyond all recognition", or derived from foo.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)/

Noun

foobar

1. (slang) A serious mistake.
2. (programming) A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.

Related terms

• foo
• foo fighter
• FUBAR

Translations

variable name

Japanese: hogehoge

References

1. “foo”, The Jargon File