f.u.b.a.r. v.
(orig. US milit.) to blunder, to make a mess, to make a mistake.
![]() | in Astounding Science Fiction Oct. 55/1: Well, there are a lot of minor ones, which must have fubared things in all directions once Co-ordination accepted them . | |
![]() | (con. WWII) Battle Cry (1964) 118: Fubar on the nets and you can louse up an entire landing team. | |
![]() | (con. 1965–73) | Pipes Were Calling 70: Canton yelled in a frenzied voice, ‘I hope they took off or we’re FUBARed for sure!’.|
![]() | Mothertime 256: The bookends looked at each other. The jig was up. Unforseen circumstances. FUBARed. |