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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>baz</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="baud.html" title="baud"/><link rel="next" href="bazaar.html" title="bazaar"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">baz</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="baud.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bazaar.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="baz"/><dt xmlns="" id="baz"><b>baz</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/baz/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [common] The third <a href="../M/metasyntactic-variable.html"><i class="glossterm">metasyntactic variable</i></a>
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“<span class="quote">Suppose we have three functions: FOO, BAR, and BAZ. FOO calls BAR,
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which calls BAZ....</span>” (See also
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<a href="../F/fum.html"><i class="glossterm">fum</i></a>)</p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">interj.</span> A term of mild
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annoyance. In this usage the term is often drawn out for 2 or 3 seconds,
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producing an effect not unlike the bleating of a sheep; <span class="pronunciation">/baaaaaaz/</span>. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Occasionally appended to <a href="../F/foo.html"><i class="glossterm">foo</i></a> to produce
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‘foobaz’.</p></dd><dd><p>Earlier versions of this lexicon derived <span class="firstterm">baz</span> as a Stanford corruption of
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<a href="bar.html"><i class="glossterm">bar</i></a>. However, Pete Samson (compiler of the
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<a href="../T/TMRC.html"><i class="glossterm">TMRC</i></a> lexicon) reports it was already current when he
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joined TMRC in 1958. He says “<span class="quote">It came from
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<i class="citetitle">Pogo</i>. Albert the Alligator, when vexed or outraged,
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would shout ‘<span class="quote">Bazz Fazz!</span>’ or ‘<span class="quote">Rowrbazzle!</span>’ The
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club layout was said to model the (mythical) New England counties of
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Rowrfolk and Bassex (Rowrbazzle mingled with
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(Norfolk/Suffolk/Middlesex/Essex).</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="baud.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bazaar.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">baud </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bazaar</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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