Date:    Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:45:26 -0700
<br>From:    Andrea Vine <Andrea.Vine[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ENG.SUN.COM>
<br>Subject: Re: And now for something really . . .
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<br>Thank you Mike, for clearing that up.  So apparently "vet" meant "military vet"
<br>as opposed to "computer vet".
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<br>}}Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 13:00:26 -0500
<br>}}From: Mike Salovesh <t20mxs1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CORN.CSO.NIU.EDU>
<br>}}Subject: And now for something really . . .
<br>}}To: ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
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<br>}}In re the comment that "we vets would say . . . " something about the
<br>}}spelling of "foobar":  we have two (2 !) historical derivations in
<br>}}conflict here.  Historical precedence goes to a sequence which is often
<br>}}represented by euphemisms:
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<br>}}The root, dating to WWII, was "snafu": Situation Normal, All F(oul)ed
<br>}}Up.  This led to a series that reached its apogee in  "fubar": F(oul)ed
<br>}}Up Beyond All Recall.
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<br>}}Computerlandia, that country in which we are all seeking naturalization,
<br>}}uses a blank word, traditionally spelled "foobar", to stand for "put the
<br>}}name of a real program 
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<br>Topics of the day:
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<br>  1. Franchise-In-A-Box
<br>  2. Double modal in (somewhat) formal speech
<br>  3. banshee workers (3)
<br>  4. P.S. on banshees (5)
<br>  5. "Died at home" (suicide euphemism)
<br>  6. pomo (3)
<br>  7. wailing was:Re: P.S. on banshees (3)
<br>  8. other...other than
<br>  9. chipper
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<br>Date:    Thu, 23 Apr 1998 00:48:40 -0700
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<br>Subject: Franchise-In-A-Box
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