(Origin: uncompiled script programming) In the context of programming, it is a second meaningless label for an unimportant variable when you just realized you already used the variable name "foo," especially when you have already typed "foo." So... just adding "fer" seems reasonable, why not?
By extension, a secondary universal pronoun for any person, place, or thing that you care too little about to name correctly. Often used in conjunction with "foo" to create a Dr. Seuss style phrase.
By extension, a secondary universal pronoun for any person, place, or thing that you care too little about to name correctly. Often used in conjunction with "foo" to create a Dr. Seuss style phrase.
Programming: for foofer=0, 10 do {foo+=foofer}
Conversation:
(1) Go tell foo and foofer to go foo themselves.
(2) Forget formatting all that foo; the foofer fixes it for you.
Conversation:
(1) Go tell foo and foofer to go foo themselves.
(2) Forget formatting all that foo; the foofer fixes it for you.
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A gentleman named Thomas Foolery. He has mutton chops and 4 kids with a beautiful wife. He is known for his mischievous ways.
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"Dating preferences are personal, but when someone exclusively dates white partners while disparaging Black women, that starts to look like Tom-foolery."
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"There’s a difference between making a living in adult entertainment and actively feeding into racist tropes. Performing under a name like ‘Mandingo’ or engaging in race-play content that glorifies slavery-era fantasies? That’s not just exploitation—that’s Tom-foolery."
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