gam@proper.UUCP (Gordon Moffett) (02/02/84)
I am fascinated to read that California's DMV allows FUBAR/FOOBAR on
license plates.
Because I thought you'd want to know (whether you do or not), I herein
provide you with the history of FUBAR:
"In World War II there ... appeared the very popular acronym `snafu'
(situation normal, all fucked up), meaning a mistake, bungling, or
confusion, as well as other less common acronyms based on it, as:
`fubar' (fucked up beyond all recognition), `fubb' (fucked up beyond
belief), `tarfu' (things are really fucked up), ... and `fubis' (fuck
you buddy, I'm shipping out)."
[From "I Hear America Talking", by Stuart Berg Flexner]
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Gordon A. Moffett
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hplabs!intelca!proper!gamrentsch@unc.UUCP (Tim Rentsch) (02/07/84)
My favorite of these is JANFU -- Joint Army/Navy F*** Up