"foobar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)/ Audio: En-au-foobar.ogg Forms: foobars [plural]
Etymology: Phonetic spelling of FUBAR, which is either an acronym for "Fucked up beyond all recognition", or derived from 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 87 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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