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Foobar

//ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)// noun, slang

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

Etymology

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

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