What is a Foob?When it comes to juvenile insults, I remember dork, doofus, geek, etc. But this is a new one on me.
posted by livingsanctuary (24 comments total)
Um, you are, for posting this?
I kid, I kid! But it was an obvious joke. posted by davejay at 5:35 PM on March 31, 2005
April Foob's Day isn't until tomorrow, you foob. posted by Faint of Butt at 5:38 PM on March 31, 2005
It was mentioned last week in the comics(For Better or Worse) but not explained, but a dweeb is a dick with ears. posted by hortense at 5:39 PM on March 31, 2005
My nephew called me a word I half-heard, when he was about thirteen.
"What does that mean?" I asked.
"It's the exact moment dogshit turns white," he replied. posted by atchafalaya at 9:00 PM on March 31, 2005 [1 favorite]
did you box his little ears? posted by exlotuseater at 9:02 PM on March 31, 2005
Hah, this is a great post. No, seriously. The fact I'm a rabid FBOFW fangirl has nothing to do with it. I met Lynn last November...she was really nice.
I love that website in general. Never thought I'd see it on Metafilter, but now that it's here, I'm as happy as a clam. posted by livii at 9:03 PM on March 31, 2005
"It's the exact moment dogshit turns white,"
Dear god. You must find out that word for us. Because that's...brilliant. Brilliant, I tell you. posted by ColdChef at 9:06 PM on March 31, 2005
Believe it or not, a quick google search turned up this gem....
"WHATEVER HAPPENED to the white dogshit you used to see on sidewalks? You never see it anymore. Have dogs changed? Has something in the doggish diet been added or removed? All you see nowadays is dogshit in varying shades of brown. As I recollect, the white dogshit was usually dry, as though it had been there for a while; however, it seemed to appear all at once. But dryness alone isn't the whole answer, because I've seen dried out dogshit often, and all it gets is darker and less hazardous. Furthermore, not all dogshit was white, and in fact I have no recollection of seeing truly fresh white dogshit. But it was definitely commonplace, and now I can't recall seeing any for ever so long. The big advantage of white dogshit is that you never stepped in it, even at night. If you keep your wits about you, generally you can avoid stepping in dogshit during the day. But at night, it is a snare for the unwary. Since neither dogs nor dog owners are going to change their ways, and since we are likely to have dogshit on public sidewalks into the foreseeable future, I think it would be a real public service if dog food manufacturers would look into this and figure out how to make dogshit stand out again, the way it used to. Bring back the good old days, I say, dogshit and all."
Sorry for the derail but as ColdChef says, there simply has to be a word for this. posted by j.p. Hung at 10:30 PM on March 31, 2005
Foob, from fubar, fucked up beyond all recognition? I'd say it means fuck up.
ColdChef, nice link! I was hoping it wasn't a meat substitute site. posted by fenriq at 10:33 PM on March 31, 2005
Thanks for posting this. I was wondering what foob meant the other day.
closet FBOFW reader posted by grouse at 2:15 AM on April 1, 2005
Right on PST, I've been there. posted by Prince Nez at 6:59 AM on April 1, 2005
After following joshreads.com, I became a fbow reader cause I'm convinced april is going to get pregnant or shoot up her school, failing that... heroin. posted by drezdn at 8:14 AM on April 1, 2005
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I kid, I kid! But it was an obvious joke.
posted by davejay at 5:35 PM on March 31, 2005