Trying to send you stellite but your email address doesn't work jim
Rusty hinge
Nov 22, 2010
4 Replies
Try de-foobaring him??
Mark Rand RTFM
with a pair of rusty tongs?
BTW it should be spelt "fubar" as in f***ed up beyond all recognition...
Similarly, "snafu" (situation normal, all f***ed up).
Regards, Tony
Not so, It's from hacking culture:-
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...but fubar goes back a long way...2nd world war army slang - see:
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So likely what happened is that the foobar variant was simply a corruption of that.
Regards, Tony
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