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Fu or FU may refer to:


In arts and entertainment

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Fool Us ''Penn & Teller: Fool Us'' is a Magic (illusion), magic competition television show in which magicians perform tricks in front of American magician-comedian duo Penn & Teller. Its first two seasons were hosted by Jonathan Ross, and the third s ...
, Penn & Teller's magic-competition television show *Fǔ, a type of ancient Chinese vessel * Fu (poetry) (赋), a Chinese genre of rhymed prose *'' FU: Friendship Unlimited'', a 2017 Marathi film * Fu Manchu, a fictional character first featured in a series of novels by English author Sax Rohmer * Shaq Fu, video game * Francis Urquhart, the main character in the novel ''House of Cards'' by Michael Dobbs, and in the UK television series


In music

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The F.U.'s The F.U.'s are a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. They formed in 1981 as a three-piece band, released two records and appeared on the compilation ''This Is Boston, Not L.A.'' before changing their name to Straw Dogs in 1986 to marke ...
, an American band *'' F.U. Don't Take It Personal'', an album by American hip hop group Fu-Schnickens *'' F.U.E.P.'', an EP by Lily Allen * "FU" (song), a song by Miley Cyrus from her album ''Bangerz'' *''F.U. EP'', a 2002 EP by
Gob Gob or GOB may refer to: Government * Government of Bahrain * Government of Bangladesh * Government of Barbados * Government of Belarus * Government of Belize * Government of Brazil Music * Gob (band), a Canadian punk band ** Gob (Gob album) ...
*"F.U.", a song by Little Mix from their 2016 album '' Glory Days'' *"F-U", a song by Yo Gotti from his 2013 album '' I Am'' *"F.U.", a song by Avril Lavigne from her seventh studio album ''
Love Sux ''Love Sux'' is the seventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on February 25, 2022, by DTA and Elektra Records. Her first studio album in three years since '' Head Above Water'' (2019), Lavigne worked on ''Lov ...
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In language

* Fu (character) (福), meaning "buddha", "prosperity", "fortune", "good luck", "blessing", or "happiness" in Chinese *
Fu (kana) , in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in four strokes, while the katakana in one. It represents the phoneme , although for phonological reasons (general scheme for ...
(ふ, フ), a symbol in Japanese syllabaries


Places

* Fu (administrative division) (府), an administrative division used in Japan, and previously in China, Korea and Vietnam * Fu, Nepal * Fu County, in Shaanxi, China *
Fu River (disambiguation) The name Fu River may refer to several rivers in China: * Fu River (Sichuan), or Fujiang (), in Sichuan and Chongqing, a tributary of the Jialing River (Yangtze Basin) * Fu River (Jiangxi), or Fuhe (), in Jiangxi, a tributary of the Poyang Lake (Ya ...
, the name of several rivers in China (Fuhe, Fujiang, Fushui) * Fu, Sweden, a village in Swden.


Schools and universities


In the United States

* Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, a.k.a. the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science, New York *
Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-time ...
, Fairfield, Connecticut * Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan *
Fordham University Fordham University () is a Private university, private Jesuit universities, Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the The Bronx, Bronx in which its origina ...
, New York *Forklift University, a
forklift A forklift (also called lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various c ...
safety training center in the United States * Franklin University, Ohio * Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois * Friends University, Wichita, Kansas *
Furman University Furman University is a private liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1826 and named for the clergyman Richard Furman, Furman University is the oldest private institution of higher learning in South Carolina. It became ...
, a University in Greenville, South Carolina


In other countries

* FATA University, Akhorwal, Darra Adam Khel, FR Kohat, FATA, Pakistan * Free University of Berlin, Germany * Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China * Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, formerly known as Fraser University (FU)


In science and technology

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Vought FU __NOTOC__ The Vought FU was a biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy in service during the late 1920s. Design and development Pleased with the company's VE-7, in 1926 the Navy gave Vought a $459,709 contract for 20 convertible land/ ...
, an American 1920s fighter aircraft *
Fixture unit In plumbing, a Fixture Unit (FU) or Drain Fixture Unit (DFU) is "a unit of measure, based on the rate of discharge, time of operation and frequency of use of a fixture, that expresses the hydraulic load imposed by that fixture on the sanitary plu ...
, equal to a flow of one cubic foot of water per minute * Formula unit, in chemistry *Functional unit ( execution unit), part of a CPU that performs the operations and calculations


Other uses

* Fu (surname), a common pronunciation for some Chinese surnames, such as 傅, 符, 付, 扶, 伏, and 富 * Fu (tally) (符), a Chinese tally (memory aid device) made of bamboo, wood, or metal * Fulu, a Taoist paper spell * Fu, a type of prepared wheat gluten in Japanese cuisine * Fu Manchu moustache, a full mustache popularized by the fictional character * Fu Lu Shou (福禄寿), the concept of Prosperity (Fu), Status (Lu), and Longevity (Shou) in Chinese culture * Marco Fu, Hong Kong snooker player *
Fed-Up Party Ed the Sock is a sock puppet character, created and voiced by Steven Joel Kerzner, who first appeared on Canadian local cable television in 1987. He is best known for his hosting appearances in the 1990s on MuchMusic and his own late night talk s ...
, a joke political party during the Canadian federal election of 2011 *
Fuck You (disambiguation) Fuck You is a form of the profanity "fuck". It may also refer to: Music * ''Fuck You'' (EP), a 1987 thrash metal EP by Overkill * "Fuck You" (CeeLo Green song), 2010 * "Fuck You" (Lily Allen song), 2009 * "Fuck You", a 1999 song by Dr. Dre ...
, a profane phrase *
Follow-up (disambiguation) Follow-up may refer to: * Kepler Follow-up Program, a program to follow up possible observations of planets by the Kepler spacecraft * Followup-To, a kind of internet crossposting * Follow-up, a patient's revisit in ambulatory care * Follow-up, a ...


See also

* FUBAR *
Foobar The terms foobar (), foo, bar, baz, and others are used as metasyntactic variables and placeholder names in computer programming or computer-related documentation. - Etymology of "Foo" They have been used to name entities such as variables, fu ...
* Kung fu (term) *
Phoo ''Phoo Action'' is a BBC Three 60 minute TV pilot, one of six drama pilots that were transmitted in early 2008, and was first broadcast on 12 February 2008 at 21:00 UTC. ''Phoo Action'' is based on the Jamie Hewlett-created comic strip ''Get th ...
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Phu (disambiguation) Phu or ''variation'', may refer to: Places *Phủ, prefecture in 15th–19th century Vietnam People Given name *Phu Dorjee (died 1987), first Indian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen *Phu Dorjee Sherpa (died 1969), first Nepali to climb Mount ...
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Foo (disambiguation) Foo is a placeholder name in computer-related documentation. Foo or FOO may also refer to: People * Adeline Foo, Singaporean writer * Cedric Foo (born 1960), Singaporean politician * Ching Ling Foo (1854–1922), Chinese magician * Foo Choo ...
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