FUBAR Etymology

[Huw Powell]

> > >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.

snafu = situation normal, all "fouled" up... at least that's the way I
heard it.  (The Reader's Digest version)

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Huw Powell

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