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Etymology of “Foo”

6 pointsby searchableguyover 4 years ago

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merciBienover 4 years ago
I thought I knew Fubar’s etymology, this article deepened my understanding a bit.<p>I don’t know why I enjoy this kind of word history, especially the speculation on what language a word derived from. Thanks for posting this, it was a fun read for me.
gabrielsrokaover 4 years ago
April Fool&#x27;s. And if you prefer HTML: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tools.ietf.org&#x2F;html&#x2F;rfc3092" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tools.ietf.org&#x2F;html&#x2F;rfc3092</a>