Definition of FOOBAR

foobar

Meanings

Plural: foobars

Noun

  • A serious mistake.
  • A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.

Origin / Etymology

Phonetic spelling of FUBAR, which is either an acronym for "Fucked up beyond all recognition", or derived from foo.

Scrabble Score: 11

foobar is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
foobar is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
foobar is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

foobar is not valid in Words With Friends