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My pet peeve is what I've dubbed the "Silence of the Lambs" moment. The name comes from that scene in the film where Hannibal Lecter is probing Clarice about why she joined the FBI. She tearfully recounts saving a baby lamb from the slaughter when she was a child. [Eye roll.] I hate when a character's whole life is supposed to be stunningly revealed in one brief but oh-so-symbolic moment. Real characters, like real people, are shaped over time, and their whole story can't be summed up in one crucial cliche.

It comes from FUBAR, which is a military slang acronym for “Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition”. It appeared in WWII.Computer types adopted Foobar as a slightly less pungent replacement.Since the ancient days of computer languages, funny placeholder symbol names have been used for examples. “Foo” (replacing Fu) and “Bar” are quite common in numerous examples dating back to the earliest days of computer science.Many early computer scientists fought in WWII or were soldiers in some capacity at some point in their lives, where they picked up this acronym.

A good question. The names of states reveal a lot about their histories and helps understand our culture. Majority of the present state names are from the medieval era [mostly around 12th century], while they all had ancient names.Before we get there, here is a quiz. Which is the only state in India that has not changed its ancient Hindu name over thousands of years? The answer might surprise you. Every other state seems to have changed its ancient Hindu names. The answer is Jammu & Kashmir - coming from the ancient Raja of Jambu [incidentally the name also referred to whole of the subcontinent] and the sage Kashyapa.This factoid is truly ironic given all the flag drama that goes on with the state residents these days. However, in a way there is that deep symbolic connection: the state is our only connection to Indus [the reason for our name] and its waters, besides the only state with an ancient Hindu rishi name. It is truly an emotional one for Indians.Bihar comes from the Sanskrit word Vihara meaning "monastries". A thousand years ago when Afghans were invading the land they noted an astonishing amount of monasteries leading it to being named the land of Viharas. Its ancient name Magadha means holding the center [source: Tibet, Past and Present: Religion and secular culture in Tibet].Odisha comes from the medieval term Odra after a coastal tribe. Its ancient names were Kalinga [where Ashoka had his defining battle] and Utkala [this is the word used in our national anthem and also mentioned in Mahabharata]. History of OdishaGujarat comes from the agricultral community called the Gurjar who dot all over Indian west [plenty of towns in both India and Pakistan thus carry that name]. Its ancient name [for the southern half] is Saurashtra [meaning good nation or the land of the Sun].Assam comes from the Ahom people who originally moved from the Yunnan valley and conquered the region around 1200s. Although they called themselves the Tai by some unknown process they came to be called Ahom by the Bengalis. The ancient name for this is the Pragjyotisha and Kamarupa.Punjab comes from the Sanskrit word for 5 rivers (Punj + Ab) that water the region. Its ancient name was the Madra.Tamil Nadu means Tamil country and the etymology of Tamil is not clear. The earliest noted usage of it is in Prakrit scriptures referring to damila and later in Kharavela's engravings we see the references to Tramila's Sanghitha [Tamil Sangam]. Many scholars believe that these all are related to word Tamil that might mean self [thamadhu] or sweetness. Ancient names include the Sanskrit term of dravida and the Tholkkapiyam's use of Centamil nilam.Karnataka is related to the term carnatic which might mean black+country [black soil is prevalent there], or elevated land [plenty of hills around] or it could be related to the Carnatic music - karna+atati meaning sweet on the ears. The ancient name for this is Dakshinapatha.Kerala comes from the world Cheras - among the three kings who ruled ancient Tamil country. The word in Tamil means people of the sliding slope. Mauryan inscriptions use the term Cheralam.Andhra Pradesh comes from the ancient term Andhra added with the Sanskrit term for province. It is not clear what Andhra means, but it used from the ancient times and in one sense this is the oldest of state names we around even if its name changed a few times in the middle through integration with either the Karnataka region or the Tamil region.[To be continued... check back this link later for more states]India in 6th century BC:​In 1947, India was like this with majority of the present states having different identities/name [Bihar, Punjab, Assam and Orissa were the ones to continue without name change].​See more: What prompted the creation of various states within India?[To be continued... check back this link later for more states]