Talk:FUBAR
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[edit] FUBAR in other forms
This article should be a branch off a disambiguation page that points to this and an article on the acronym FUBAR. I don't know how to do that yet, but when I learn, I will probably make it happen. Vic Sinclair 06:21, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Merge
Merge done and made new disambiguation page. Vic Sinclair 10:39, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
Good work. Much better now. alangstone
[edit] Movies
Shouldnt saving private ryan be mentioned in the movies catagory? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.109.84.227 (talk • contribs).
- It is, in the second bullet point. On the other hand, uses of a word seem to be slightly unencyclopedic. We can't possibly catch all the uses anywhere. Does the fact that most young people first heard the word in Saving Private Ryan or in a video game mean that it has to be mentioned? Dpv 10:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] grammar error
This is not a sentence: "In a museum at Aarhus, a large wooden bar with the runic enscription f u þ a r, where fu is pronounced like foo." I suppose it could read, "A large wooden bar with the runic enscription f u þ a r, where fu is pronounced like foo, is on display in a museum at Aarhus," but I'll let the author (or, at least, someone knowledgeable about the museum) make that decision.
Nshewmaker 15:45, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge with FUBAR: The Movie
This article should be merged with FUBAR: The Movie. I'm a bit of a newbie here and I'm not familiar with how to do that.
Well why do you think that? The term FUBAR is completely different from the movie --Teh darkcloud 22:07, 14 August 2006 (UTC) I'd agree, this page should NOT be merged with FUBAR: The Movie. Sdrycroft 11:27, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removal of advertising
Is inclusion of a link to a nightclub's website just advertising? Is the fact that there is a nightclub called "The Fubar" really relevant? Sdrycroft 11:27, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merger with SNAFU
This page should be merged outright with SNAFU. The two contain mostly the same information, especially the backstory and the list of related terms. Failing a full merger, the terms list, at the least, should be transferred to one or the other, or possibly a separate overview page (if there were more related pages, I'd recommend a "Military acronyms/expletives" template, but most of the related terms redirect to SNAFU).
Tom W.M. 17:22, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
Why are people such f'ing morons!? 03:16, 18 October 2006 (UTC)~
Uh...could you be more specific?
[edit] "tofu"
the only references i see to the definition of tofu are links to this page. can anyone demonstrate its use somewhere? ... aa:talk 06:07, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Applies to
Let's make a list of "fuck-ups" that FUBAR can be attributed to
1 - The Millennium Dome —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.30.216.37 (talk) 00:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] runic yeah right
I removed this:
- "It is also possible that foobar is a phonological interpretation of the first letters of the Runic alphabet. Like Qwerty and Abcde, this expression might have attracted various computer programmers. In a museum at Aarhus, there is a large wooden bar with the runic inscription f u þ a r, where fu is pronounced like foo. However, the letter þ is actually pronounced like an unvoiced th, not a b (hence the name Futhark for the Runic alphabet)."
Because, quite simply, this has nothing to do with the origin of FUBAR, which is a simple acronym. It is just slightly within the farthest bounds of possibility that computer programmers with their FOOBAR could have derived terms from the runic alphabet... but the technicians and soldiers who are the original users of FUBAR. Herostratus 07:39, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Euphemism?
The statement towards the beginning of the article "for purposes of euphemism, "fucked" is sometimes replaced with "fouled"" is a matter of opinion presented as fact. "Euphemism" means that something bad is stated in a way that makes it sound not so bad, or even rather good. Saying that something is "all fouled up" certainly does not make it sound good, so it cannot be called a euphemism. In reality, "fucked up" is actually a corsened form of "fouled up," since "fouled," having come from Middle English, is a much older word than the slang term. The original claim is like saying "negro" is a euphemism for "nigger," when in reality the latter is an offensive corruption of the former. Unless it is known that the "F" in FUBAR and its variants originally stood for "fucked" then it is better to err on the side of caution and use the less offensive equivalent. TimMagic 20:45, 16 February 2007 (UTC) TimMagic
That doesn't make any sense, unless you're also claiming that the expression dates to Middle English. Otherwise, it's completely irrelevant - you've replaced a fairly accurate statement of fact with a statement of opinion. And the writing thereof could really do with a tidy-up regardless. This should be reverted - yes, it is known that it stands for "fucked", despite your assurance to the contrary. 210.54.98.171 10:33, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Unibus reference sounds like a myth
I'm not sure that I beleive that FUBAR was used for a unibus reference. Even if true, Unibus and the PDP-11 arrived far after both the WWII usages of FUBAR, and even most "Computer engineers (esp. those working in the early era of computing)".
Degeldeg 13:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
