barney

n. male first name; children's television series starring a large purple dinosaur puppet named Barney; name of Fred Flintstone's best friend in the cartoon series "The Flintstones"

n. argument, dispute (Slang); boxing match (for prize money); scuffle, fight; working class, populace, proletariat (Australian slang); small train used in mining

Barney may refer to: Fictional characters:Barney & Friends, a children's TV show about Barney, a purple dinosaurBarney Fife, a character from The Andy Griffith ShowBarnard "Barney" Gumble, a character from The SimpsonsBarney Rubble, a character from The FlintstonesBarney Bear, a cartoon seriesBarney Google, a character in a comic strip of the same nameBarney Calhoun, a character in the computer games Half-Life and Half-Life 2Barney Stinson, a character from How I Met Your MotherBarney Miller, the lead character in an American sit-com from the 1970sBarney The Dog, the titular character from Barney: The Dog With Stars In His Eyes
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n. Barney, male first name; children's television series starring a large purple dinosaur puppet named Barney; name of Fred Flintstones's best friend in the cartoon series "The Flintstones"

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.
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(1994-11-28)

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