Comments on: What is a Foob?

What is a Foob?

livingsanctuary — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:32:25 -0800

When it comes to juvenile insults, I remember dork, doofus, geek, etc. But this is a new one on me.

By: davejay

davejay — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:17 -0800

Um, you are, for posting this? I kid, I kid! But it was an obvious joke.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:38:23 -0800

April Foob's Day isn't until tomorrow, you foob.

By: hortense

hortense — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:39:58 -0800

It was mentioned last week in the comics(For Better or Worse) but not explained, but a dweeb is a dick with ears.

By: davejay

davejay — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:45:10 -0800

I heard that! posted by Richard at 5:39 PM PST on March 31 hehehe

By: DeepFriedTwinkies

DeepFriedTwinkies — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:48:33 -0800

Well, just in case this post survives, here it is: FOOB.

By: hortense

hortense — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:53:16 -0800

excellent link thanks DeepFriedTwinkies

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:02:45 -0800

Lynn Johnston: A great hosette.

By: Relay

Relay — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:42:54 -0800

Foob? Funny, I was just trying to get a definition for hooplehead ... but no luck.

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:47:41 -0800

I'm not a foob, but I am totally roadside.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:50:20 -0800

this is total fborfw.

By: 27

27 — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:53:13 -0800

It's been a rough week for Metafilter, no?

By: teece

teece — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:27:04 -0800

What foob posted this? Everybody knows that the language generally referred to as Anglo-Saxon was several hundred years extinct by the 17th Century. Quite foobhardy.

By: wendell

wendell — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:35:17 -0800

Just don't confuse it with "foop". I'm #1 on Google for that.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:05:38 -0800

Foobies.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:08 -0800

BOOF

By: atchafalaya

atchafalaya — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:00:54 -0800

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.

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:02:34 -0800

did you box his little ears?

By: livii

livii — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:03:59 -0800

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.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:06:25 -0800

"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.

By: j.p. Hung

j.p. Hung — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:30:55 -0800

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." © 1999 David Lance Goines. (figured he'd want some recognition for this fine ditty). Sorry for the derail but as ColdChef says, there simply has to be a word for this.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:33:36 -0800

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.

By: grouse

grouse — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 02:15:46 -0800

Thanks for posting this. I was wondering what foob meant the other day. closet FBOFW reader

By: Prince Nez

Prince Nez — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 06:59:31 -0800

Right on PST, I've been there.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 08:14:28 -0800

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.