FUBAR

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FUBAR is an acronym that commonly means "fucked up beyond all recognition/any repair/all reason", or in the Army, "fucked up by army regulations"[citation needed]

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[edit] Etymology and history

The Oxford English Dictionary lists Yank, the Army Weekly magazine (1944, 7 Jan. p. 8) as its earliest citation: FUBAR? It means 'Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition'"

[edit] In computing and technology

[edit] In media and popular culture

  • 1944, in the U.S. Army animated shorts Three Brothers (1944) and Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu In The Navy (both directed by Friz Freleng), characters are featured such as Fubar, a brother of Private Snafu (Situation Normal, All Fucked Up), and Seaman Tarfu (Things Are Really Fucked Up or Totally and Royally Fucked Up).[3][4]
  • 1989, in the film Tango & Cash, Kurt Russell's character, Gabriel Cash, uses the phrase several times.
  • 1998, in the film Saving Private Ryan, FUBAR is a term used many times by members of Captain John Miller's squad to describe the mission given to them by high command. The squad also tricks a gullible translator into believing that it is actually a German term.
  • 1999, in Half-Life: Opposing Force, misc. allied marines will sometimes say, "This mission is way beyond FUBAR!" when interacted with or at random.
  • 2002, FUBAR (film): a mockumentary by Michael Dowse.
  • 2007, in ARMA: Armed Assault, the main character uses FUBAR during the first few intros of the game.
  • 2008, in Left 4 Dead, Bill will use FUBAR if he has taken significant damage and is bleeding out.
  • 2011, in Operation Flashpoint: Red River, FUBAR is often used as a distress signal in combat.
  • F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare, a book by Sam Seder.
  • 2011, in Above The Law, by rap duo Royce Da 5'9 and Eminem (Bad Meets Evil), Royce raps "Leave you FUBAR, Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition"
  • 2011, in film The Deep Blue Sea, starring Tom Hiddleston and Rachel Weisz, Hiddleston's character, Freddie Page, shouts at Hester (Weisz) "F.U.B.A.R. Acronym. Fucked up beyond all recognition" in the middle of a gallery.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "VAX Hardware Handbook," page 373. Digital Equipment Corporation, 1980.
  2. ^ "RFC3092 - Etymology of "Foo"". 2001-04-01. http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3092.html. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 
  3. ^ "Private Snafu - Three Brothers (1944)". Internet Archive. http://www.archive.org/details/PrivateSnafu-ThreeBrothers1944. Retrieved 2011-03-22. 
  4. ^ Pietro Shakarian. "Situation Normal All Fucked Up:A History of Private Snafu". goldenagecartoons.com. http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/snafu/. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 

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