Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Slang Utterly botched or confused.
Etymologies
- f(ucked) u(p) b(eyond) a(ll) r(ecognition). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I'm sorry that name fubar is going to be something they never live down.”
“How these issues arise in one painting is up for debate and is indicative of the show's title, "Clusterfubar," an acronym fubar stands for "fucked up beyond all recognition" used to characterize the current socio-political environment.”
The Huffington Post: ArtScene: December Shows to Catch Before They Close
“Clusterfubar," an acronym fubar stands for "fucked up beyond all recognition" used to characterize the current socio-political environment.”
“So how 'bout simply saying a muted but sincere 'Thank you, God' for an honest and smart president who's trying to move ahead by untangling the 'fubar' mess left by the crooks, dummies and wackos who ruled Washington for eight long years.”
“November 20th, 2008 at 11: 30 am if we fight iran then china, russia will war with us china (needs oil) Russia (sends tech, economics support) an they will torch saudi arabia, iraq oil fields …. with heavy missile operations then where "fubar".”
“fubar" = ~ pattern = > nil After defining the relevant zip code constant, first we replicate the pattern used in the validation; notice in particular that variable interpolation works in regular expressions.”
“And in weird news, my counter bar thingo's gone fubar.”
“Here's the schedule (but if you're coming in to see anyone else, I suggest you double check with the shop on 07 3236 2750 just in case there's been a last minute fubar):”
“SNAFU/FUBAR on May 15, 2009 at 8: 06 am Finger moose fubar indeed. on May 15, 2009 at 7: 11 am Olivers Army”
“And, because YouTube's playlist autoplay seems to be fubar, Part 2 appears here after the jump ...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fubar’.
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Situation Normal
inspired by Mistakes Were Made. Words for things going wrong in a manner particularly violent, stupid, soul-crushing, boggling, grandiose, or any combination of these qualities.
fuckup, snafu, fiasco, abortion, miscarriage, implosion, contretemps, imbroglio, brouhaha, melee, kerfuffle, mayhem and 156 more...
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Words or Phrases I Should Use In My N...
So I've always kind of eschewed the notion of producing 50,000 words of crap in a single month, but somehow something possessed me to try for it this year. Add stuff to this list and I promise I'll...
you're something ..., sticky rice, plinth, educable, resplendent, albinism, bowling pin, tappen, emerod, Hottentottenpoten..., heady, handlebar mustache and 19 more...
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Mistakes Were Made
scanno, typo, catachresis, spoonerism, lapsus linguae, lapsus calami, mispronunciation, faux pas, friendly fire, erratum, divorce, mea culpa and 19 more...
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ROT13 Pairs
Nabbed from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROT-13#Letter_games_and_net_culture: words that become other existing words (or failing that, acronyms) when a Caesar shift of 13 places is applied to them.
aha, nun, ant, nag, balk, onyx, bar, one, barf, ones, be, or and 64 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
zzyyxx's Words
plethora, drout, functional, rye, wring, doubt, cognative, weird, gnaw, surcease, rend, languish and 438 more...
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whatever1013's Words
chocolate, sesquipedalophobia, discombobulated, callipygian, retronym, squirm, cobalt blue, plethora, onomatopoeia, blowhard, strumpet, shush and 173 more...
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Man likes these words
danube, schadenfreude, macabre, wanderlust, epiphany, azure, zeitgeist, cerulean, ennui, rhine, abyss, mulch and 130 more...
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word set 12
plasmasphere, cockatrice, delimitable, precipitancy, trellising, thermochromism, cadenza, tentaculiferous, fluctiferous, circumambient, loblolly, trailing edge and 142 more...
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fuffbee's Words
panopticon, perihelion, apsis, cuppycake, nexus, fufflebee, shawshank, hoi, lool, apogee, id, rubedo and 90 more...
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elizacole's Words
isomorphic, endemic, tmesis, fillip, antedate, avoirdupois, jeremiad, hypnagogic, antediluvian, fuck, reification, raconteur and 251 more...
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KlinkKlonk's Words
hugger-muggering, gabfest, zedonk, serendipitous, schauden freude, scintilla, iconoclast, firebrand, floccinaucinihili..., schlepping, flaccid, iridescent and 126 more...
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samoritan's Words
moxie, zarf, crepuscular, serenity, halcyon, powerfuller, instant classic, abecedary, trilobite, doomsters, 'da bome, evanescence and 149 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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geekwad's Words
mysterium, elif, reckon, shadowy, ostensibly, unique, foodie, surreptitiously, asynchronous, insane, berserk, space pirate and 235 more...
Tweets
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bobwyman Abbreviation for "Fucked Up Beyond All Repair" FUBAR was painted on damaged military equipment to indicate that it was so damaged as to be unrepairable. Jun 9, 2009
MaryAnnHogan F-fucked U-up B-beyond A-all R-recognition
Oy vey
Found in I Blame the Patriarchy blog
Published by Twisty on March 5, 2009 in Announcements. 0 Comments
"Yes, I know, comments are fubar. And lard knows what else. Please bear with during these trying times. I’ll fix it somehow. I always do."
Mar 6, 2009
arby Ah, I see - so just because you are intimately acquainted with foo doesn't mean you like foobar. Your use of the word foo reminds me of grok. Oct 5, 2007
john arb, I agree with you. I use foo all the time because... I have no idea why, actually. It just sort of insinuated itself into my brain. I use 'em for different things, though. For me foo is all purpose and neutral. Fubar is for when things are, well, fucked. Oct 5, 2007
arby John I know you like foobar better, but I prefer this spelling because of the acronym. Oct 5, 2007
stpeter F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition. Dec 9, 2006