[thelist] Kinda OT: Where did FUBAR come from?
Kowalkowski, Lee (ASPIRE)
lee.kowalkowski at hmrcaspire.com
Thu Nov 3 03:21:21 CST 2005
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> Subject: [thelist] Kinda OT: Where did FUBAR come from?
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> 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.
I remember Kurt Russell using it in a much earlier film. Check out RFC3092,
Etymology of "Foo". http://rfc.net/rfc3092.html
Supposedly originating from Furchtbar, German for terrible. Usage was
popular in the second world war, for example, one of various acronyms used
on the notes of hospital patients.
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