[thelist] Kinda OT: Where did FUBAR come from?

Liam Delahunty liam at megaproducts.co.uk
Wed Nov 2 17:04:09 CST 2005


On 02/11/05, Casey <aspnet at thecrookstons.com> wrote:
> I know what it stands for.. just wondering how it got to be so widely used
> in the development world as the standard fill-in for variables and such.
>
> The first time I heard of it was in Saving Private Ryan.

Start with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar

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Liam Delahunty



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