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From: richardh@killer.UUCP
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Subject: Re: History
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Date: Sun, 20-Sep-87 10:34:33 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 20 10:34:33 1987
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Summary: fubar is an acronym



I first encountered the term "fubar" in the late sixties when it was used by
returning 'Nam vets. They were were using it in the same context WW-II vets
used "snafu". For the unenlightened in our audience, they mean 

	fubar - "fouled up beyond all recognition"
	snafu - "situation normal; all fouled up"

or words to that effect.

How fu (aka foo) and bar got into CS lingo is probably an unanswerable
question. It (or they) probably had multiple entry points.

Actually, my favorites are farkle, snarf, and frazits. 

regards,
richard hargrove
...!inhp4!killer!richardh
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