FOOW

Short for "Fish Out Of Water" an idiom used to describe being unfamiliar with a place, or uncomfortable in strange surroundings.
Also used to call out someone that has gotten out of the swimming pool during a game of Marco Polo.

Marco Polo} FOOW

by Triumphantape June 1, 2017

FOOW

FOOW, Face Out Of Window, (pronounced fooo), an acronym used to notify someone in chat/IM session you are still there but will be temporarily looking at another window on your computer.

I made this up to use instead of Away from Keyboard AFK because I'm not away from my computer and will return to the chat session shortly.

I'm discussing an article with someone in chat, and I want to give them the web link, so I type:

"hold on, getting link, foow"

and they understand I'm away from the chat window and will be back in a minute.

by buffyb March 6, 2011

genetic foow ( pronounced foe )

someone who has been dragged from the bottom of the gene pool and placed into a situation that they are not intellectually capable of being successful in. stands for genetic fish out of water. as fish is both singular and plural so to is genetic foow

the talent scout found some of the contestants had promise but most were just genetic foow ( pronounced foe )

by tancredi fin August 1, 2008