A related term also from WW2 is SNFU. Widely used in the Navy for "Situation Normal Fouled Up." In Navy terminology "fouled up" means that your anchor chain is tangled so you can't raise the anchor and get aweigh. Aweigh of course means that the ships anchor has been pulled in enough that it is no longer dragging bottom. What you gave as the polite definition for FUBAR is what during WW2 the Army liked to call the Navy. The less polite definition of FUBAR seems to have originated at about the same time. It is what the Army called the Army. :)
Ed Long wrote:
FOOBAR dates from WW2 where it was more commonly spelled FUBAR. The polite definition is fouled up beyond all recognition. Guess what the real definition is! Edward Long
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