FUBAR; 1. (WWII military slang) Fucked up beyond all recognition (or repair). See foobar. 2. The Failed UniBus Address Register in a VAX. A good example of how jargon can occasionally be snuck past the suits.
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buy fubar mugs, tshirts and magnets ... 1. This mission is FUBAR. 2. He got hit with a mortar and now he's FUBAR. 3. Holy shit! That tank's FUBAR. ... Military slang from WWII, fubar is an acronym for "fucked up beyond all recognition".
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Nasty Army Acronyms, Profanity in WWII- ... The reason being is that Part Five has one effectively simple, yet controversial, title: "FUBAR." This was an army acronym for "F***ed Up Beyond All Repair" that was used by soldiers and commanders when things were (unsurprisingly) going wrong beyond comprehension.
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Fubar is slang (mangled German) for the word "Furchtbar" which means terrible or horrible -- Think of it as the opposite of "Wunderbar." Furcht means fear, literally translated, and the "bar" is added to make it an adverb or noun, as the case may be.
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FUBAR - The Failed UniBus Address Register in a VAX. A good example of how jargon can occasionally be snuck past the suits. ... FUBAR - (WWII military slang) Fucked up beyond all recognition (or repair). See foobar.
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fubar WWII military slang, come into general usage by many who are unaware of its etymology: acronym of F_ _ _ed Up Beyond All Recognition. Cf. foobar. I attended a psychology seminar around 1981 in which the speaker discussed the ``fubar effect'' -- her awkward term for irony.
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