JESS: Re: Foo bar
FUBAR is a military acronym meaning Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition. - Jef - Original Message - From: "Sander Faas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jess users'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 6:48 AM Subject: JESS: Foo bar > Hello, > > Probably it's something every native English speaker knows, but as a > Dutchman I'm wondering for some time already what 'foo bar' stands for. > These words are not only used in the Jess manual but also in other documents > about programming. I looked in my (not so good) dictionary and with Google, > but failed to find anything. So my question is, what do these words mean? > > Bye, > Sander > > > > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JESS: Re: Foo bar
There is a long and wonderful history here... Start with http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/f/foo.html James - Original Message - From: "Sander Faas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jess users'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: JESS: Foo bar > Hello, > > Probably it's something every native English speaker knows, but as a > Dutchman I'm wondering for some time already what 'foo bar' stands for. > These words are not only used in the Jess manual but also in other documents > about programming. I looked in my (not so good) dictionary and with Google, > but failed to find anything. So my question is, what do these words mean? > > Bye, > Sander > > > > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JESS: Re: Foo bar
It could mean the state of equipment - but it could mean the state of the situation after the officers got themselves involved. The enlisted personnel tended to to invent acronyms as a spoof on the official military jargon. This also had the advantage of "double-speak" when having a conversation in front of 2nd Lts. who were too proud (or something) to ask what was being said. After all, they had been declared OFFICERS & GENTLEMEN by an Act of Congress and knew everything that needed to be known (except for, or course, that known by the 1st Seargent - WHO KNEW EVERYTHING ). The enlisted personnel had the nickname of G.I. (Government Issue) and so it went. - Original Message - From: "Sander Faas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jess users'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: JESS: Foo bar > Hello, > > Probably it's something every native English speaker knows, but as a > Dutchman I'm wondering for some time already what 'foo bar' stands for. > These words are not only used in the Jess manual but also in other documents > about programming. I looked in my (not so good) dictionary and with Google, > but failed to find anything. So my question is, what do these words mean? > > Bye, > Sander > > > > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JESS: Re: Foo bar, FUBAR, and the problems of etymology
You speakee dee eenglish ?? - Original Message - From: "R.B. Trelease, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:39 PM Subject: JESS: Foo bar, FUBAR, and the problems of etymology > ;-} > > Fouled up my @sp! > > My time with the military surely demonstrated that FUBAR = "f#cked up > beyond all recognition". > > A concept freqyently well-applied to etymological reconstruction when > the originator of a neologism cannot be definitively consulted > > Anyone want to have a go at the sematic relationships between > technophilia and biting the heads of off chickens at a sideshow? > > ;-} ;-P > > Cheers! > > Bob T. > > > > > >Hello, > > > >Probably it's something every native English speaker knows, but as a > >Dutchman I'm wondering for some time already what 'foo bar' stands for. > >These words are not only used in the Jess manual but also in other documents > >about programming. I looked in my (not so good) dictionary and with Google, > >but failed to find anything. So my question is, what do these words mean? > > > >Bye, > >Sander > > > > > > > >To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > >in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > >(use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
