[Ads-l] figmo

[Jonathan Lighter]

FIGMO still seems to be going strong:

Quora.com: "Generally, the two best duty stations are the one you just
left, and the one you're going to. The one you're at always sucks. FIGMO."

Google Images has one of a 1974 Texas license plate that says "FIJFI."

This (according to a search) means "Fuck It, Just Fuck It."


JL

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 8:05 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Remember the movie, "I'm All Right, Jack"? The title was reputed to be a
> family-friendly rendition - BTW, remember when _rendition_ referred
> primarily to someone's version of a song? - of "Fuck you, Jack! I'm all
> right." The flick also demonstrated how easy it was to turn the gesture
> then known as "V for victory" into the British equivalent of the finger/the
> bird, with a twist of the wrist.
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> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
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> > > On Feb 16, 2018, at 5:28 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
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> > > Cf. FUJIGMO in HDAS 1.
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> > Which comes with two unpackings, one
> > (1950, Sat. Evening Post, “translation unprintable“)
> > somewhat less helpful than the other
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> > [spoiler space for those wanting to work it out for themself…]
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> > 1980 Cragg, L. Militaris “Fuck You Jack, I’ve Got My Orders”
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> > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
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> > >> 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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