Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
fu .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun computing A
metasyntactic variable used to represent anunspecified entity. If part of a series of such entities, it is often the first in the series, and followed immediately bybar . - interjection Expression of disappointment or disgust.
- noun slang
fool , foolish person.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Else If (foo = colors\%A_Index\%) msgbox foo contains \% foo\%, that's a color!
AutoHotkey Community 2009
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INSERT dbo. foo (i) VALUES (@foo), (@foo+1), (@foo+2);
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I am not sure if woodsman1st was suggesting all cuts be cooked on top of the stove, but cast iron, some root vegetables and no foo-foo is the way to go.
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I've seen such prints hanging in foo-foo galleries where pieces are mostly afforded by people named Muffy or Biff.
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I've seen such prints hanging in foo-foo galleries where pieces are mostly afforded by people named Muffy or Biff.
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I've seen such prints hanging in foo-foo galleries where pieces are mostly afforded by people named Muffy or Biff.
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I am not sure if woodsman1st was suggesting all cuts be cooked on top of the stove, but cast iron, some root vegetables and no foo-foo is the way to go.
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I've seen such prints hanging in foo-foo galleries where pieces are mostly afforded by people named Muffy or Biff.
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The code above simply creates a variable called foo, which is equal to the returned object.
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You might expect this to echo "foo" -- but it won't.
Planet PHP 2010
alguien commented on the word foo
I use this word too much.
March 26, 2007
uselessness commented on the word foo
So do I, foo.
March 26, 2007
john commented on the word foo
Me too foo. The Jargon File has a great overview of this word, with citations going back to the 1930s.
October 4, 2007
reesetee commented on the word foo
Notary Sojac?? So that's where my dad got that term!
October 4, 2007
seanahan commented on the word foo
Also, see bar and baz.
October 4, 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word foo
I pity the foo.
(I'm sorry, but somebody had to say it.)
February 8, 2012
alexz commented on the word foo
I heard a story that the foo-fighters (band) got their name from the term for an unidentified flying object, or unknown enemy airplane.
foo is used heavily as a variable or function name in computing science. this goes back to before I studied CS in the 80's.
doing a quick search of Google books, an early use of FOO in computing goes back to 1950 to the output of a diagnostic program which would print out FIBA FOO when it ran properly. http://goo.gl/WUmgB
January 5, 2013