different between foo vs quux
foo
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fu?/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Homophone: -fu
Etymology 1
From Mandarin ? (f?).
Noun
foo (plural foos)
- (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)
- (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.
- (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
- Expression of disappointment or disgust.
Synonyms
- (expression of disgust): darn, drat
Etymology 4
Alternative forms
- foo'
Noun
foo (plural foos)
- (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)
- Alternative form of fo
Etymology 2
From Old English f?, variant of f?h.
Adjective
foo
- Alternative form of fo
Adverb
foo
- Alternative form of fo
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
From Proto-Huitoto-Ocaina *ho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [????]
Adverb
foo
- 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
- to stink
foo From the web:
- what football games are on today
- what food places are open
- what foods have vitamin d
- what foods are high in iron
- what football games are on tonight
- what foods have zinc
- what foods have magnesium
- what foods are high in fiber
quux
English
Etymology
Attributed to Guy L. Steele Jr.
Noun
quux (uncountable)
- (computing) Metasyntactic variable.
Synonyms
- foo, bar (both more common)
- baz
Ditidaht
Noun
quux
- ice
quux From the web:
- what does quux mean