question The article had included an interview with a state trooper who theorized that many of these so-called "foo crashes" resulted from insects in the car. Wasps, a bee, possibly even a spider or m

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question The article had included an interview with a state trooper who theorized that many of these so-called "foo crashes" resulted from insects in the car. Wasps, a bee, possibly even a spider or moth. Question: What’s the meaning of ‘foo?’

Sep 20, 2018 12:10 AM

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no idea! and i am a college educated native speaker of English.

September 20, 2018

Me too. Maybe the article explains it in another place. The quotation marks show it is not a usual term.

September 20, 2018

Even though it's not a normal phrase, an insightful reader can infer what the writer means from the context. It means something like 'strange and unexplained'.

September 20, 2018

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