[ljdtt]

first time i see "fubar", is that a common expression on the industry? jsut curious (english is not my native language)

[sorentwo]

It is an old US military term that means “F*ked Up Beyond All Recognition”

[dingnuts]

FUBAR being a bit worse than SNAFU: "situation normal: all fucked up" which is the usual state of us-east-1

[joeyphoen]

But you probably have seen the standard example variable names "foo" and "bar" which (together at least) come from `fubar`

[gregw2]

Interestingly, it was "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition" when it first appeared in print back towards the end of World War 2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_slang_terms#F...

Not to be confused with "Foobar" which apparently originated at MIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar

TIL, an interesting footnote about "foo" there:

'During the United States v. Microsoft Corp. trial, evidence was presented that Microsoft had tried to use the Web Services Interoperability organization (WS-I) as a means to stifle competition, including e-mails in which top executives including Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer referred to the WS-I using the codename "foo".[13]'

[vishnugupta]

It used to be quite common but has fallen out of usage.

[loudmax]

"FUBAR" comes up in the movie Saving Private Ryan. It's not a plot point, but it's used to illustrate the disconnect between one of the soldiers dragged from a rear position to the front line, and the combat veterans in his squad. If you haven't seen the movie, you should. The opening 20 minutes contains one of the most terrifying and intense combat sequences ever put to film.

[ibejoeb]

Honestly not sure if this is a joke I'm not in on.

There are documented uses of FUBAR back into the '40s.

[strictnein]

FUBAR: Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition

Somewhat common. Comes from the US military in WW2.

[parliament32]

Yes, although it's military in origin.