Arthur Reutenauer wrote:

> It also contains an
> interesting and rare example of "foobar" being used to mean "f*cked up
> beyond all recognition"

In that case it may well have been written by a Scot or a
Yorkshireman, Arthur : "f*cked oop beyond all recognition"
is definitely dialectal ...  RP requires "fubar".

** Phil.


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