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− | + | '''''foo''''' is a metasyntactic variable, used in the [[NetHack]] context to represent in a larger statement a word that can take on several values. The most well known of these uses is [[foocubus]] (to represent a succubus or incubus), though [[footrice]] is also common. To [[fooproof]] an object is to make it rustproof, fireproof, corrodeproof or fixed. | |
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Revision as of 14:18, 29 December 2006
foo is a metasyntactic variable, used in the NetHack context to represent in a larger statement a word that can take on several values. The most well known of these uses is foocubus (to represent a succubus or incubus), though footrice is also common. To fooproof an object is to make it rustproof, fireproof, corrodeproof or fixed.