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foobar

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: Phonetic spelling of FUBAR, which is either an acronym for "fucked up beyond all recognition", or derived from foo.

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