[Ads-l] fu lion - 1913, foo dog - 1915, foo lion - 1918

[Benjamin Barrett]

According to the Oxford Dictionary site, “foo fighter” comes from a term invented in a comic strip by Bill Holman. BB

> On 17 Feb 2016, at 08:11, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM> wrote:
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> PS: re the subject line: foo fighter?

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