Re: st: the meaning of 'foo'

[Nick Winter <nwinter@virginia.edu>]

I'll note as well that it is often used with its companion, "bar."  My 
guess is they derived at some point from the acronym FUBAR.

--Nick Winter


At 12:57 PM 8/24/2006, Michael S. Hanson wrote:

> On Aug 24, 2006, at 12:46 PM, b. water wrote:
>
> > without wanting to sound irreverent, i wonder whether someone could
> > tell me the meaning or full expression of the abbreviation 'foo' so
> > often used to illustrate Stata advice/help. i have always wanted to
> > know this but now, my curiosity got the better of me. i simply have
> > to ask.
> Google is your friend (tm):
>         <http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/foo.html>
>         <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=foo>
>
>
> > apologies if it has nothing to do with either statistics or Stata.
>         It doesn't.  ;)
>
>                                         -- Mike
>
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