FUBAR Etymology

Christopher Ritchie critchie1 at hotmail.com
Sun Dec 2 18:49:46 EST 2001


> >Could you translate FUBAR for the benefit of us
> >English speakers

>F***ed up beyond all recognition


U.S. military term.  Related to another U.S. military term that has now come
into common usage - "snafu" (situation now all f***ed up).  Don't know if
it's made it into the Oxford dictionary yet, but it will.

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