单词 | fubar |
释义 | fubaradj. U.S. (originally Military slang). Bungled, ruined, messed up. Also: extremely intoxicated.Often used as a euphemism for fucked up (see fucked-up adj.). ΚΠ 1944 Yank 7 Jan. 8/1 The FUBAR Squadron... FUBAR? It means ‘Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition’. 1957 A. O. Myrer Big War ix. 129 What's to this yarn about you being a fubar character from the word advance? 1980 Washington Post 5 June e24/3 The word fubar was coined with Congress in mind. 1990 Rolling Stone 5 Apr. 48/3 I was getting FUBAR by then. 2001 S. King Dreamcatcher xiii. 443 This was my grandfather's and it works just fine... My wristwatch, on the other hand, is still FUBAR. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fubarv. U.S. (originally Military slang). transitive. To ruin, bungle, mess up. Also occasionally intransitive. ΚΠ 1946 ‘J. MacDougal’ in Astounding Sci.-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. 1953 L. M. Uris Battle Cry ii. ii. 113 Fubar on the nets and you can louse up an entire landing team. 1995 H. J. Riker Bronze Star 227 The whole medal bit is getting FUBARed, y'know? Sometimes I think all the brass does anymore is award each other medals for things they never did in places they've never been. 2001 Boardwatch Mar. 30/3 If you're worried that a user on your system is running an unauthorized program, hacking the system or otherwise fubaring things, then w is a simple check. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1944v.1946 |
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