English

Etymology
Originated as slang in the U.S. Army in the Second World War.

May also have origins with "furchtbar," the German word for "terrible"

acronym
fubar or FUBAR

1. context|US|slang fuck up|Fucked up (or, euphemistically, foul up|fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair).
2. context|US|slang Fucked up but all right (flawed but working nonetheless).

Related terms
snafu
foo
bar
cluster fuck

Category:Metasyntactic words

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