foo

/fuː/

noun 4intj 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

honest, inside, same

I gave him an honest foo about what happened that day.

VERB + FOO

forwards, know, lines, objects, package, thank, wouldn't

I don't know foo about fixing cars, so I took it to a mechanic.

FOO + NOUN

ghu, salad

I made a delicious foo salad for dinner last night with fresh vegetables and a tangy dressing.

PREP.

with

I had to deal with foo when setting up the new software system yesterday.

Definitions

noun

Alternative form of fu: an administrative subdivision of imperial China; the capital of such divisions.

noun

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.

Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar.

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

intj

Expression of disappointment or disgust.

Oh foo – the cake burnt!

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Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar.

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Oh foo – the cake burnt!

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[page 10:] "I knew you'd be scared," Reggie laughed. "What are you doin', foo? You must be crazy. You don't scare me." "Then why did you almost fall out of that chair? I scare everyone." [page 38:] "T

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Robert Bloch has blown his top. Backwards or forwards (or sideways) Foo ((ugh)) and Ghu ((!)) cannot be united! Does one eat chocolate cake with catsup on it? If you do and enjoy it then go off and be

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I imagine it must be pretty discouraging to send out a whole issue of a fanzine and get nothing back but a couple of poctsarcds.^([sic]) I wouldn't know, thank Foo.

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You’ll never guess what Wollheim’s men have found!¶ A forest full of perfect echo-ﬂowers.¶ Honest to Foo! He says ”Salad!” to them,¶ And they obediently answer back, “Salad!”

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, foo is marked as obsolete, slang, dated, historical, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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