SNAFU

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(idea) by coplan (2.6 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Jul 20 2000 at 17:28:55

SNAFU, a World War II slang term, means Situation Normal: All Fucked Up. This, and many other slang terms, were routed from the soldiers who were unfortunate enough to fight in Europe during the great war.

(thing) by humbabba (1.1 wk) (print) ? (I like it!) Sun Aug 20 2000 at 21:08:15

Also a highly addictive Intellivision game from back in the day. One or two players ran snake things around the screen, trying to box each other in like the later Tron light-bike games.

(idea) by ghost006 (2.6 wk) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Aug 24 2000 at 3:38:34

Acronym for "Situation Normal: All Fucked/Fouled Up." Generally describes an operation or mission in which the objective is nonexistent, not in the reported location, or where a mission is logistically impossible to complete. For example, an American Commander in Desert Storm ordering an attack on a hill located in San Diego, California, or ordering a raid on Saddam Hussein's secret stash of Tang.

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PUBAR	fubar	SNAFU Principle	We'll burn that bridge when we get to it
three-finger salute	US Navy Jargon - a Selective Glossary	normal	SNFU
plausible deniability	Fig jam	Open letter from Saddam Hussein to the American peoples and the western peoples and their gov'ts	Tron
The E-mail tax hoax	AFAIK	three letter acronym	Useless weapons in science fiction movies
Life in Hell	Acronym	FoxTrot	The Fallout Shelter
Talk	Darth Vader	Private Snafu	TLA

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