Recently in class, the term FUBAR was mentioned. When we were told to look it up, I think everyone who did were rather surprised in some way for what it stood for: Fouled up beyond all recognition. (Please excuse my language throughout this post and my horrible attempts at humor) I'd definitely spent a good minute or two laughing at how relatable it was. Back to my main point, during the time of World War II, the military had made up these slang terms that only the US soldiers understood. It was mostly made to be sarcastic and humorous in a way. (I mean... who would curse in a professional setting unless it was completely accidental?) After some research, it turns out there is a whole entire list of these slang other than these acronyms (such as FUBAR), like "Bubble dancing" meaning dish washing or "Fish" meaning torpedoes ("Throw those fishes over the fence for me, would ya?"). Aside from being used as jokes around camps, sometimes it would also be used during war to communicate, like a "secret" language, so that the enemy wouldn't find out what they were talking about. (Like, "That's great Fred! Everything's gone SNAFU!" SNAFU in this case meaning everything is working as intended rather than messed up. (Maybe it could be the other way, who knows?))
Here are some links if you want to look into this more...
Link 1 and Link 2
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