Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 00:00

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In article <jR8CBBAo1BhzEwIZ@hayford.demon.co.uk>,
Greg Hayes  <greg@hayford.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Where does 'foo' come from

World War II, I suspect, along with "fubar" ... "fucked up beyond all
recognition/recovery". The old wartime looneytunes shorts are full of
references to "foo".

Come on, any WWII vets remember whether "foo" was a bowdlerized form
of "fubar"?
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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/22
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