"foobar" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)/ Audio: En-au-foobar.ogg [Australia] Forms: foobars [plural]
Etymology: Phonetic spelling of FUBAR, which is either an acronym for "Fucked up beyond all recognition", or derived from foo. Etymology templates: {{m|en|FUBAR}} FUBAR, {{m|en|foo}} foo Head templates: {{en-noun}} foobar (plural foobars)
  1. (slang) A serious mistake. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-foobar-en-noun--S8t4acp
  2. (programming) A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar. Categories (topical): Programming Translations (variable name): ajn (Esperanto), hogehoge (hogehoge) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-foobar-en-noun-Z0ynuZh0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 91 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'variable name': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: foo, foo fighter, FUBAR

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