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To: Marauder

Fubar? Snafu? Help me out, guys...


36 posted on 06/22/2005 6:31:12 AM PDT by tuffydoodle
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To: tuffydoodle

OK: The "FU" part of those acronyms stand for something that the admin might pull and ban whoever posts it, but as a euphemismistic illustration, let's use "Fouled Up."

So "SNAFU" would stand for "Situation Normal, All Fouled Up" or "Situation Normally All Fouled Up."

"FUBAR" stands for "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition."


51 posted on 06/22/2005 6:53:52 AM PDT by Marauder (Politicians use words the way a squid uses ink.)
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To: tuffydoodle
Snafu means "Situation normal: All fouled up."
Sometimes "fouled" is replaced by "fu@#$d".
I don't know what fubar means. Sounds like the name of a candy bar. Oh, I just remembered, it means "fouled up beyond all repair". Once again, fouled is a euphemism.
53 posted on 06/22/2005 7:02:24 AM PDT by graycamel
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