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Foo was a nonsense word used by cartoonist Bill Holman in the comic strip "Smokey Stover" from the 30's into the 50's. He was reported to have discovered the word in a Chinese fortune cookie and the word appeared in almost every panel in the strip. It predates most of definitions that I have seen so far. The strip appeared in the SF Chronicle or the SF Examiner.
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