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Word: Foo_fighter
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1940s: from ‘Where there's foo there's fire’, a nonsense catchphrase from the US Smoky Stover cartoon strip
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfuː ˌfʌɪtə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an unidentified flying object, originally one of a kind reported by US pilots during the Second World War, usually described as a bright light or ball of fire.
Short Definition:unidentified flying object, originally one of kind reported by US pilots during Second World War
