Foo

Appendix:Variations of "foo" English Alternative forms en FooFoo en foofoo en foo Etymology See foo. Used in this context by Jack Speer, originally for the fannish ghod of mimeography in the 1930s. Pronunciation en uː 1 Proper noun en dated fandom slang jocular A mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod. en 1951 November Pike Pickens Quandry Sez You http://fanac.org/fanzines/Quandry/Quandry15-22.html 15 Robert Bloch has blown his top. Backwards or forwards (or sideways) Foo ((ugh)) and Ghu ((!)) cannot be united! Does one eat chocolate cake with catsup on it? If you do and enjoy it then go off and be a fooghuist in your own little corner. You may as well worship Roscoe. Or Alpaugh. Foo fans are happy fans. Ghu isn't really helping Hoffman put out a fine mag you know. The fans who read Q are probably -- for the most part -- Foofooists. 18 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607183741/http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Quandry/Quandry15-22.html 7 June 2011 en 1955 January w:Dean Grennell Abstract Filler #523 http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Abstract/Abstract9-42.html 9 I imagine it must be pretty discouraging to send out a whole issue of a fanzine and get nothing back but a couple of poctsarcds. I wouldn't know, thank Foo. https://web.archive.org/web/20251026133426/https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Abstract/Abstract9-42.html 26 October 2025 en 2004 September w:Jack Speer Noreascon 4 Souvenir Book Last and First Fen http://efanzines.com/UpToNow/N4SouvenirBook_SpeerExcerpt.pdf 57 You’ll never guess what Wollheim’s men have found!¶ A forest full of perfect echo-flowers.¶ Honest to Foo! He says ”Salad!” to them,¶ And they obediently answer back, “Salad!” https://web.archive.org/web/20250109141746/https://efanzines.com/UpToNow/N4SouvenirBook_SpeerExcerpt.pdf 9 January 2025 en Hypernyms en ghod Coordinate terms en Ghu Anagrams en foo oof