On Monday 12 July 2021 12:55:27 James H. H. Lampert wrote: > I know people who associate the time-honored metasyntactic "foobar" > with the military slang acronym FUBAR. > > -- > JHHL
I've used them interchangeably for 80+ years, and I'll do it till I miss roll call. That particular slang was probably in use before Alexander opened his library, probably said first in latin, by one of his shield makers about a shield brought in for repairs in Constantinople Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
