[Ads-l] figmo

Bill Mullins amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM
Fri Feb 16 20:53:56 UTC 2018


In Jesse Sheidlower's _The F-Word_ from 1962. (not in OED)

_Philadelphia Inquirer_ 9/1/1944 p 12 col 2
"Well, it seems that Marines and soldiers in the Western Pacific have come up with a new one, which instead of describing a situation is used to rebuff officious corporals and possibly even sergeants.  The word is "FIGMO."  A family newspaper translation of same would be "Fade; I got my orders." "
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