foobar
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Originally, a metasyntactic variable like foo and foobar.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
A good example of how jargon can occasionally be snuck past the suits; see foobar, and foo for a fuller etymology.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
The compounds foobar and `foobaz' also enjoy very wide currency.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
