See FUBAR on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Originated as slang in the U.S. Army in World War II, presumably from earlier foo, possibly influenced by German furchtbar (“terrible”). It is unclear if FUBAR or foobar was the original form.",
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"Acronym of fucked/fouled up beyond all recognition/repair/reason/recovery."
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[
"beyond",
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],
[
"all",
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[
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"reason",
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],
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"(slang) Acronym of fucked/fouled up beyond all recognition/repair/reason/recovery."
],
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{
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},
{
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{
"word": "foo fighter"
},
{
"word": "clusterfuck"
},
{
"word": "fugazi"
},
{
"word": "SNAFU"
}
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"word": "foutu"
},
{
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"english": "hors-service",
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"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
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},
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "GTPK",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"alt": "daflakh (acronym for \"dafuk le-khalutin\", completely fucked-up)",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"word": "דפל״ח"
},
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"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
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},
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"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"word": "безнадёжно испорченный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prišedšij v absoljutnuju negodnostʹ",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"word": "пришедший в абсолютную негодность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "raspidorašennyj",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
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"vulgar"
],
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},
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"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
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}
]
}
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "foo fighter"
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{
"word": "clusterfuck"
},
{
"word": "fugazi"
},
{
"word": "SNAFU"
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"glosses": [
"Acronym of fucked/fouled up beyond all recognition/repair/reason/recovery."
],
"links": [
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"fucked",
"fuck up#English"
],
[
"fouled up",
"foul up#English"
],
[
"beyond",
"beyond#English"
],
[
"all",
"all#English"
],
[
"recognition",
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"repair",
"repair#English"
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"reason",
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"recovery",
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"(slang) Acronym of fucked/fouled up beyond all recognition/repair/reason/recovery."
],
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"word": "foutu"
},
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"code": "fr",
"english": "hors-service",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"word": "HS"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "GTPK",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "ΓΤΠΚ"
},
{
"alt": "daflakh (acronym for \"dafuk le-khalutin\", completely fucked-up)",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"word": "דפל״ח"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "POPOLUPO"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "beznadjóžno isporčennyj",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"word": "безнадёжно испорченный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prišedšij v absoljutnuju negodnostʹ",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"word": "пришедший в абсолютную негодность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raspidorašennyj",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "распидорашенный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razʺjóbannyj do neuznavajemosti",
"sense": "fucked up (or, bowdlerized, fouled up) beyond all recognition (or beyond all repair)",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
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"word": "разъёбанный до неузнаваемости"
}
],
"word": "FUBAR"
}
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