# foobar

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)/

## Definitions
1. A serious mistake.
2. A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/foobar