>Right you are. Was it from World War II? I vaguely seem to remember it being used in Catch-22 but that might just be wishful thinking.

Yeah, from WWII I think. Wow... it's been a long time since I read Catch-22. Great book, though. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if FUBAR showed up in there.

>> but either one conveys the meaning that something is a hopeless mess. BTW the G-rated version is Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition < s >. A corollary acronym is SNAFU, which means Situation Normal, All Fouled Up.
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>Gee. I thought that was the asterisk was for. You mean I made it up to PG?

LOL. These days, you can forget about using the asterisk and still be PG-13. But thank goodness the UT is more civilized than that.