FUBAR
Failed UniBus Address Register [DEC Engineering]
F%^&ed Up Beyond All Recognition [US military, WWII]
FUBARD
(past tense of) FUBAR
"Massey, Doug C." <masse...@ems-t.com>@majordomo.ieee.org on 06/13/2001
02:14:47 PM
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Subject: RE: Typing Shortcuts
Here's some -
N/A - Not Applicable
PCB - Printed Circuit Board
PCA - Printed Circuit Assembly
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
et al - "and others"
e.g. - "for example"
FUBAR - F*@#ed Up Beyond All Repair
LMAO - Laughed My A$$ Off
e.g, " My PM told my FM, et al, that we need the CPU PCA working ASAP, but
it failed EMI & EMC pre-testing badly, so I told them it was FUBAR and
LMAO."
By The Way, I know what BTW stands for....
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: rehel...@mmm.com [mailto:rehel...@mmm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 12:19 PM
To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: Typing Shortcuts
Over time I have come across many typing shortcuts using the English
language, such as:
OTOH - on the other hand
WRT - with regard to
BTW - (I am still trying to figure out this one)
Can someone please list the more common ones? I sometimes strain my brain
trying to figure them out and they are in my own language. It must be
terribly confusing to most of our world-wide colleagues.
Thanks,
Bob Heller
3M Product Safety, 76-1-01
St. Paul, MN 55107-1208
Tel: 651- 778-6336
Fax: 651-778-6252
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