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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!206.109.2.48!bonkers!web.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: 22 May 1997 13:07:42 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5m1geu$666@web.nmti.com> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <m3bu6dyd3y.fsf@zaphod.enst.fr> <5lv7kg$oen$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <jR8CBBAo1BhzEwIZ@hayford.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45330 comp.os.linux.misc:176588 comp.os.linux.x:62293 alt.os.linux:21499 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3384 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41462 gnu.misc.discuss:31443 comp.unix.solaris:107346 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"? -- The Reverend Peter da Silva, ULC, COQO, BOFH, 3D0G, KIBO, POPE Ziggy Wotzit II. Har du kramat din varg, idag? `-_-' Kulanu Kibo. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia! Vi er alle Kibo. HEIL KIBO! HEIL KIBO! HEIL KIBO! Wir sind alle Kibo.