English Dictionary
forbear
n : a person from whom you are descended [syn: {forebear}]
v : not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back" [syn:
{refrain}, {forebear}] [ant: {act}]
English Computing Dictionary
foobar
Another common {metasyntactic variable}; see {foo}. Hackers
do ▫not▫ generally use this to mean {FUBAR} in either the
slang or jargon sense.
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