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

[Megan Holbrook]

Casey 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.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=fubar+acronym+history&btnG=Search

or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar

:) M.
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