[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

barney n. in commonwealth hackish, `barney' is to fred sense 1 as
   bar is to foo. that is, people who commonly use `fred' as their
   first metasyntactic variable will often use `barney' second. the
   reference is, of course, to fred flintstone and barney rubble in the
   flintstones cartoons.


see also:
fred bar foo 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

barney
     
        in commonwealth hackish, "barney" is to fred as bar is to
        foo.  that is, people who commonly use "fred" as their first
        metasyntactic variable will often use "barney" second.  the
        reference is, of course, to fred flintstone and barney rubble
        in the flintstones cartoons.
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-11-28
     
     
see also:
fred bar foo metasyntactic variable jargon file 

[3] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

barney, ga
  zip codes: 31625
barney, nd city, fips 4940
  location: 46.26651 n, 96.99919 w
  population 1990: 79 27 housing units
  area: 0.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 58008

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

barney, nd -- u.s. city in north dakota
   population 2000:    69
   housing units 2000: 28
   land area 2000:     0.159546 sq. miles 0.413221 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.159546 sq. miles 0.413221 sq. km
   fips code:            04940
   located within:       north dakota nd, fips 38
   location:             46.267428 n, 97.000220 w
   zip codes 1990:     58008
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    barney, nd
    barney

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