[Ads-l] figmo

[Wilson Gray]

> Quora.com: "Generally, the two best duty stations are the one you just
> left, and the one you're going to.

West Germany 1961, trivially-distinct version:

"There are only two good posts: the one you came from and the one you're
going to."

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 9:38 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > > On Feb 16, 2018, at 5:28 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Cf. FUJIGMO in HDAS 1.
> > >
> > > Which comes with two unpackings, one
> > > (1950, Sat. Evening Post, “translation unprintable“)
> > > somewhat less helpful than the other
> > >
> > > [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”
> > >
> > > LH
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> > > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> 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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- Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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