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#70089 - 05/16/02 02:06 PM Post deleted by SilkMuse
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#70090 - 05/16/02 04:07 PM Re: FUBAR
AphonicRants enthusiast Registered: 04/09/02 Posts: 200	I rather doubt it. There were a variety of such terms: snafu [= Situation Normal: All F_____ Up] fubb [= F______ Up Beyond Belief] janfu [= Joint Army-Navy F_______ Up] tarfu [= Things Are Royally F_______ Up] See excepts from The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson, at http://www.tower.org/library/the_mother_tongue.html; penultimate paragraph. There are many more such terms {fumtu = F_____ Up More Than Usual}, but I don't know if they originated during WWII, or after. Once can enjoyably find them by googling the above examples. FUJIGMO
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#70091 - 05/16/02 05:01 PM Re: FUBAR
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	fubar 1. (WWII military slang) Fucked up beyond all recognition (or repair).
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#70092 - 05/16/02 05:18 PM Re: FUBAR
of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park	and the famous point on the map, Fucary..used to define any landmark on a unknown road.. Where are we? where are we? you want me to tell you? I'll tell you, we're Fucary! a contraction of Where the F* are we? _________________________ my other obsession
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#70093 - 05/16/02 07:07 PM Re: FUBAR
Angel addict Registered: 12/28/01 Posts: 688	And the way I describe my day to my husband: SSDD ~~~~ Same Schtuff Different Day
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