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/baz/ The third metasyntactic variable "Suppose we havethree functions: FOO, BAR, and BAZ. FOO calls BAR, whichcalls BAZ..." (See also fum). Occasionally appended tofoo to produce "foobaz".Early versions of the Hacker Jargon dictionary derived "baz"as a Stanford corruption of bar. However, Pete Samson(compiler of the TMRC lexicon) reports it was alreadycurrent when he joined TMRC in 1958. He says "It came from"Pogo". Albert the Alligator, when vexed or outraged, wouldshout "Bazz Fazz!" or "Rowrbazzle!" The club layout was saidto model the (mythical) New England counties of Rowrfolk andBassex (Rowrbazzle mingled with Norfolk/Suffolk/Middlesex/Essex)."
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).