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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Post deleted by SilkMuse #70089 05/16/2002 6:06 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 170 SilkMuse member SilkMuse member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 170 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: FUBAR #70090 05/16/2002 8:07 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 AphonicRants enthusiast AphonicRants enthusiast Joined: Apr 2002 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: FUBAR #70091 05/16/2002 9:01 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 fubar 1. (WWII military slang) Fucked up beyond all recognition (or repair). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: FUBAR #70092 05/16/2002 9:18 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: FUBAR #70093 05/16/2002 11:07 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 Angel addict Angel addict Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 And the way I describe my day to my husband: SSDD ~~~~ Same Schtuff Different Day Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,262 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 8 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 LukeJavan8 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,122 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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