one more view -
3 of my great uncles were marines - 1 in 1918, WW1 in France. The other 2
in the Pacific in WW2.
All 3 agreed that the terms SNAFU and FUBAR were in general use by the
enlisted Marines even before their time(s).
Was the subject of several memorable conversations at family reunions where
some of the "gentler" family members got offended and left the outdoor
festivities to the "rougher" members - and us wide-eyed young boys.
Was probably a similar saying in use in every military back to the Sumerian
and pre-Confuscian days.
Scott Rohling
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Isn't that snafu -- situation normal all fouled up?
Scott
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Stephen Frazier
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> A related term also from WW2 is SNFU. Widely used in the Navy for
> "Situation Normal Fouled Up." In Navy terminology "fouled up" means that
> your anchor chain is tangled so you can't raise the anchor and get
> aweigh. Aweigh of course means that the ships anchor has been pulled in
> enough that it is no longer dragging bottom. What you gave as the
> polite definition for FUBAR is what during WW2 the Army liked to call
> the Navy. The less polite definition of FUBAR seems to have originated
> at about the same time. It is what the Army called the Army. :)
>
> Ed Long wrote:
>
>> FOOBAR dates from WW2 where it was more commonly spelled FUBAR.
>> The polite definition is fouled up beyond all recognition.
>> Guess what the real definition is!
>>
>> Edward Long
>>
>>
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