different between foo vs fao

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fu?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophone: -fu

Etymology 1

From Mandarin ? (f?).

Noun

foo (plural foos)

1. (historical, obsolete) Alternative form of fu: an administrative subdivision of imperial China; the capital of such divisions.

Etymology 2

From Chinese ? (fú, “fortunate; prosperity, good luck”), via its use as ?? (Fúx?ng, “Jupiter”) in Chinese statues of the Three Lucky Stars, picked up from c. 1935 as a nonsense word in Bill Holman's Smokey Stover comic strip, whence it was picked up by Pogo, Looney Tunes, and others. Used by Jack Speer as the fannish ghod of mimeography. Popularized in computing contexts by the Tech Model Railroad Club's 1959 Dictionary of the TMRC Language, which incorporated it into a parody of the Hindu chant om mani padme hum, possibly under the influence of WWII military slang FUBAR, which had been repopularized by Joseph Heller's Catch-22.

Noun

foo (uncountable)

1. (programming) A metasyntactic variable used to represent an unspecified entity. If part of a series of such entities, it is often the first in the series, and followed immediately by bar.

2. (fandom slang) Alternative letter-case form of Foo (“placeholder god”)

Derived terms

• foobar

Related terms

• FUBAR

Etymology 3

A minced form of fuck.

Interjection

foo

1. Expression of disappointment or disgust.

Synonyms

• (expression of disgust): darn, drat

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

• foo'

Noun

foo (plural foos)

1. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of fool.

References

• rfc:3092, Etymology of "Foo", Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

Anagrams

• oof

Middle English

Etymology 1

From the oblique stem of Old English ?ef?h.

Noun

foo (plural foos)

1. Alternative form of fo

Etymology 2

From Old English f?, variant of f?h.

Adjective

foo

1. Alternative form of fo

Adverb

foo

1. Alternative form of fo

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

From Proto-Huitoto-Ocaina *ho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????]

Adverb

foo

1. in, inside

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.?^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)

Tetum

Verb

foo

1. to stink

English

Preposition

fao

1. Abbreviation of for the attention of.. Used on an address or label, specifies an individual to whom the document should be delivered, usually put on when the address is of an organisation.

Anagrams

• Foa, OFA, oaf, of a

Venetian

Verb

fao

1. first-person singular present indicative of far