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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]]. | + | '''''foo''''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasyntactic_variable 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 22:42, 6 February 2009
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.
