What does FUBAR stand for?

Dear duz-ga,

Fubar is an acronym for "f***ed up beyond all repair." Other
variations include "f***ed up beyond all recognition" and "fouled up
beyond all recognition".  It is often used to comment on a failed
project or plan, a broken piece of technology, or the world in
general.


"FUBAR likely had its origins in the German word Furchtbar, meaning
frightful, or terrible. It is pronounced with a soft cht, and probably
made the transition during World War II because foo had been
popularized in American culture, appearing in a 1938 Warner Brothers
Daffy Duck cartoon and the comic strip Smokey Stover.

Electronics engineers say that snafu and fubar were used before the
war by repairmen sent out to repair phone booths. They had to report
the situation at arrival to the scene, often on a very bad line, so
they developed these acronyms to make themselves understood."
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fubar


"FUBAR is an acronym that originated in the military to stand for the
words "f***ed up beyond all repair." This is often softened to "fouled
up beyond all repair" in reference to hardware."
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci748437,00.html


If you saw the film ?Private Ryan?, you may have heard reference to the word.

Lieutenant Dewindt: FUBAR.
Private Reiben: FUBAR.
Sergeant Horvath: FUBAR.
Captain Miller: FUBAR
Private Jackson: Y'all got that right.
Corporal Upham: I looked up fubar in the German dictionary and there's
no fubar in here.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/quotes


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Fubar is also a great film:

FUBAR (an obscene acronym from the military) is an amazing
accomplishment. It tore onto the scene at the Sundance Film Festival
in 2001, after being turned down by the Toronto fest. The classic
success story of guys who maxed out their credit cards (including
their Canadian Tire cards) and took a giant leap into the uncertain
future - and it paid off. Telefilm Canada decided to fund the movie
(after it was already shot on digital video), and "beefed" the budget
up to $350,000 (Cdn.) They did a good job promoting the movie through
a soundtrack featuring Sum 41, Gob, Sloan, etc. doing classic Canadian
headbangin' tunes. This movie has it all: hilarity and drunken hijinx,
intense drama, and incredible acting (although I wonder how much the
beer had to do with this). Go see this movie, it is much more than the
trailers would suggest: much more than guys acting loud and stupid.
It's actually a touching film, with a look at the two main character's
fear of mortality.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302585/