It is some millitary term the grunts use to describe something about a mission. I've heard the term in "Saving private Ryan" and in the Half-life game.
2006-11-28 23:58:59 · 20 answers · asked by The Desert Bird 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I thought it was FUBAR
F*cked up beyond all recognition.
2006-11-29 00:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by midsojo 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The origin of foobar has sparked many debates. The two main theories are that it:
* Had its origins in the military slang acronym FUBAR.
* Evolved from electronics, as an inverted foo signal; if a digital signal is active low (so a negative or zero-voltage condition represents a "1") then a horizontal bar is commonly placed over the signal label. Source The Jargon File
* It is also possible that these two come from Chinese language, where "foo" and "bar" both have the meaning of "father" in Chinese.
2006-11-29 00:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by Livin In Myrtle Beach SC 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Foobar is actually spelled FUBAR and is an acronymn meaning ****** Up Beyond All Recognition. That is why the private couldn't find it in a German dictionary. When the private asked them, they said it was German to mess with him. However he knows later what it means before the Alamo scene.
2006-11-29 08:25:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
If you are thinking of the term in the movie 'Saving Private Ryan' Remember they said the word is German. The reason that it was not found in Cpl Uphom's German word book because at the time it was a German Slang. Today it is part of the German speaking everyday language. The American pronounce it Foobar, in German its Furchtbar which means awful, terrible or bad situation. The good ole Americans is who gave it a acronym of F.U.B.A.R.
2006-11-29 00:44:14 · answer #4 · answered by verduneuro 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's FUBAR
F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition
2006-11-29 00:00:32 · answer #5 · answered by kja63 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's "F.U.B.A.R."
It means that somthing is broken, messed up, or so phychotic that upon looking at it, a person could never know what that something was.
Since the "F" stand for a word not allowed on the site, I can't post it.
U=up
B=beyond
A=all
R=recognition
2006-11-29 00:04:55 · answer #6 · answered by William R 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, I always understood it to be FUBAR, and it stood for "F#@ked Up Beyond All Recognition" - war movies and violent games use it to describe their victims or whatever they are blowing up.
2006-11-29 00:01:43 · answer #7 · answered by scoobydooby515 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition. See also: BOHICA (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again), TARFU (Things Are Really F***ed Up), and finally, Oh ****!
2006-12-01 06:58:23 · answer #8 · answered by The_moondog 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I won't actually let you read the same thing over and over again but, everyone is right. That is what it means . If you have ever watched the movie Tango and Cash they say Fubar and tells you the meaning. Hope that helped.
2006-11-29 00:05:32 · answer #9 · answered by ws_422 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What the others have all said...but there is also a theory that
Fubar is slang (mangled German) for the word "Furchtbar" which means terrible or horrible
2006-11-29 00:02:31 · answer #10 · answered by trivia buff 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋