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Skills that were previously thought to be mundane were revealed to be [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|awesome beyond imagination]], with those graceful enough in their application often finding [[Adrenaline Time|time speeding up and slowing down]] in the appropriate dramatic fashion as they [[Some Dexterity Required|snip a particularly difficult bonsai tree]], perform ''[[That One Rule|en passant]]'' or [[Needle in A Stack of Needles|locate the source of the $0.03 imbalance]]. |
Skills that were previously thought to be mundane were revealed to be [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|awesome beyond imagination]], with those graceful enough in their application often finding [[Adrenaline Time|time speeding up and slowing down]] in the appropriate dramatic fashion as they [[Some Dexterity Required|snip a particularly difficult bonsai tree]], perform ''[[That One Rule|en passant]]'' or [[Needle in A Stack of Needles|locate the source of the $0.03 imbalance]]. |
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The term ''"Foo Fu"'' for this general phenomenon was coined [[Just for Pun]], and basically means the same as "X Fu" or "Whatever Fu". It comes from ''"Foo"'', a placeholder often used by programmers as a stand-in for whatever should be there instead (the technical term for this kind of placeholder is "[ |
The term ''"Foo Fu"'' for this general phenomenon was coined [[Just for Pun]], and basically means the same as "X Fu" or "Whatever Fu". It comes from ''"Foo"'', a placeholder often used by programmers as a stand-in for whatever should be there instead (the technical term for this kind of placeholder is "[[wikipedia:Metasyntactic variable|Metasyntactic Variable]]"). |
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''Trope Fu'' was originally considered as a name for this trope, but it was ultimately decided that ''Trope Fu'' is the sublime art of [[Wiki Curator|tending to examples and descriptions]] which we all practice in [[This Very Wiki]]. |
''Trope Fu'' was originally considered as a name for this trope, but it was ultimately decided that ''Trope Fu'' is the sublime art of [[Wiki Curator|tending to examples and descriptions]] which we all practice in [[This Very Wiki]]. |
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* [[Tech Fu]] |
* [[Tech Fu]] |
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* [[Waif Fu]] |
* [[Waif Fu]] |
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* [[What the Fu Are You Doing]] |
* [[What the Fu Are You Doing?]] |
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* [[Wire Fu]] |
* [[Wire Fu]] |
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* [[Wok Fu]] |
* [[Wok Fu]] |
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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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* The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program or MCMAP, also affectionately referred to as "Semper Fu". A play on the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps [ |
* The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program or MCMAP, also affectionately referred to as "Semper Fu". A play on the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps [[wikipedia:Semper fidelis|Semper Fidelis]], which is shortened to Semper Fi. |
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[[Category:Index Index]] |
[[Category:Index Index]] |
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[[Category:Foo Fu]] |
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