flarp

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

flarp
 /flarp/, n.

   [Rutgers University] Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}).
   Among those who use it, it is associated with a legend that any
   program not containing the word flarp somewhere will not work. The
   legend is discreetly silent on the reliability of programs which do
   contain the magic word.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

flarp

   /flarp/ [Rutgers University] Yet another {metasyntactic
   variable} (see {foo}).  Among those who use it, it is
   associated with a legend that any program not containing the
   word "flarp" somewhere will not work.  The legend is
   discreetly silent on the reliability of programs which *do*
   contain the magic word.

   [{Jargon File}]

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