On: What is the history of the use of "foo" and "bar" ...

[mikewarot]

No zot? I don't remember where I picked them up. But it was always fubar and zot.

[temp0826 → mikewarot]

Never heard of zot, but baz

[DougMerritt → temp0826]

Zot is (at least in part) from the old comic Wizard of Id and (by the same artist, Johnny Hart and Brant Parker) BC. It was the sound of a lightning bolt (natural or wizard-created).

Reprint cover of "Ala Ka Zot!":

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61hytBWmsqL._SL1000_.jpg