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foo/foobar




a.k.a. foo, bar, baz, qux, metasyntactic variables

A placeholder name for discussing the structure of something online. For example, "If you want to know when another site is run by a for-profit company, look for an address in the form of foobar.com; if you it's a non-profit, their address will be foobar.org."

See also : FUBAR  

NetLingo Classification: Online Jargon

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