FUBAR Etymology [nac]

[Dave Eaton]

also seen in the manuals of the digital tops-10 operating system by moi in
the early 80's - used as a default directory name etc.  took me quite a
while to figure out what it meant....

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

-----Original Message-----
From: "Christopher Ritchie" <critchie1 at hotmail.com>
Subject: FUBAR Etymology
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 18:49:46

> >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.