12.21.08

Snafubar

Posted in acronyms, grammar, verbal stupidity at 5:03 pm by Bill Brohaugh

Following is an ad that appeared on one of my Yahoo emailbox web pages. I have no idea what the ad is for. And I will do nothing to find out—in particular, I refuse to click on the damn thing. FUBAR may be a product, may be a slogan, may be an unfortunate acronym for the Federation of Ultimate Bastions of Altruistic Reward. I doubt it, as I know the actual origin of the word fubar*. That origin coupled with the spammish illiteracy of “a insider” have Fouled Up Bill’s Attitudinal Response.

and it's used as a verb, too

(* Fubar is an acronym of “Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition,” in case you haven’t encountered it—with Fouled generally considered to be another word in the F-initial family, one that I hesitate to use only because it’s the holiday season and I’m feeling double-F family-friendly.)

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