Foobar

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)/

Origin

Phonetic spelling of “FUBAR”, which is either an acronym for “Fucked up beyond all recognition”, or derived from foo.

“foo”, The Jargon File

Full definition of foobar

Noun

1. (slang) A serious mistake.
2. (computing) A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.

Related terms

• foo
• foo fighter
• FUBAR