Browsing page 21 of words meaning computers, electronics, technology (666 words total)

interjection

• acronym for "fuck my life." Contrast with MLIG. See also FYL.

  I got in another car accident. FML.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  
  Citation from "25 Signs You Spend Way Too Much Time on Facebook", Miami New Times blogs, Rebecca Salgado, Apr 26 2011 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.

  Last edited on Apr 07 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

• as of late 2010, an attempt is being made by some Christians to rechristen the term "Forgive Me Lord".
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  Last edited on Dec 06 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 06 2010.

verb

• acronym for "fuck off and die". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)
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  Last edited on Nov 22 2003. Submitted by Dormouse on Nov 22 2003.

noun

• acronym for "friend of a friend".

  Person A: How do you know Peter?
  
  Person B: He's a FOAF.

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  Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

• This term likely originated in anthropology, in reference to things like urban legends, which often "happened to a friend of a friend".

  Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

adjective

• bad, garbage, weak.
  
  For the most part its a term from the south tip of Florida. It is usually used by American Football players to imply that someone else is garbage at the game itself.
  
  This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.

  Last edited on May 12 2017. Submitted by Anonymous on May 12 2017.

noun

• colloquial pronunciation of fool.

  What's up, foo?

  Who's that foo over there?

  You're such a foo.

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  Last edited on Jul 06 2010. Submitted by David L. from VA, USA on Sep 23 1997.

• a geek term used to represent anything. Used essentially as a synonym for "whatever." More information can be found in RFC3092.

  Look it up on the news sites - cnn.com, msnbc.com, or foo.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'.

  Last edited on Jul 06 2010. Submitted by David H. from San Marcos, TX, USA on Dec 20 2001.

• in computing, an example or placeholder variable. Used in the same way as "bar" and "baz".

  So let's say foo is 1, bar is 2, and baz is 3. That means foo + bar + baz = 6.

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  Last edited on Dec 16 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 16 2011.

• acronym for "family or origin" - that is, the first family that a human is a member of.

  She no longer has any connection to her FOO as they rejected her same-sex partner.

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  Last edited on Jan 10 2016. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 10 2016.

noun

• a feature of a specific technology that makes it easy to shoot (one's self) in the foot.

  C++ has too many foot guns.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.

  Last edited on Jul 14 2019. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 14 2019.