[comp.unix.questions] Foo Bar

karyn@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karen C. Pichnarczyk) (08/09/90)

Foo Bar is derived from the abbreviation FUBAR:

F: American English colloquialism for 'messed', or 'destroyed'
   ('nice' people don't use this language)
U: Up
B: Beyond
A: All
R: Recognition 

Karyn

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