baz /baz/ n.
1. [common] The third metasyntactic variable
"Suppose we have three functions: FOO, BAR, and BAZ. FOO calls
BAR, which calls BAZ...." (See also fum) 2. interj. A term of mild annoyance. In this
usage the term is often drawn out for 2 or 3 seconds, producing
an effect not unlike the bleating of a sheep; /baaaaaaz/. 3.
Occasionally appended to foo to produce
`foobaz'.
Earlier versions of this lexicon derived `baz' as a Stanford
corruption of bar. However, Pete Samson
(compiler of the TMRC lexicon) reports
it was already current when he joined TMRC in 1958. He says "It
came from "Pogo". Albert the Alligator, when vexed or outraged,
would shout `Bazz Fazz!' or `Rowrbazzle!' The club layout was
said to model the (mythical) New England counties of Rowrfolk and
Bassex (Rowrbazzle mingled with
(Norfolk/Suffolk/Middlesex/Essex)."