"foo" origin

[Silver]

jdw at hpfijdw.hp.com:
> [What does foo mean?]

`foo' is the first syllable of `foobar', a lighter-hearted misspelling of
`fubar', which is an acronym for "fucked up beyond all recognition".  As
explained to me, the term came into widespread use in WWI to describe the
remains of unidentifiable less-than-fortunates.  The true obscenity here
is not the use of that word which we all say more often than our mothers
wished we would, but rather the testimony of human inhumanity.

Regards, [Ag]