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by stcredzero 3030 days ago
I always thought that Foo and Bar were derived from FooBar, which comes from FUBAR, which is an acronym for F#cked Up Beyond All Recognition. (Which seems related to SNAFU: Situation Normal; All F#cked Up.) This is mentioned at the end of the text.
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and the beginning under 2. Definition and Etymology