BARNEY
\bˈɑːnɪ], \bˈɑːnɪ], \b_ˈɑː_n_ɪ]\
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In Commonwealth hackish, "barney" is to fred as bar is tofoo. That is, people who commonly use "fred" as their firstmetasyntactic variable will often use "barney" second. Thereference is, of course, to Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubblein the Flintstones cartoons.
By Denis Howe
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