[Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

FWIW, the pseudonymous "PVT. ROGER FUBAR" authored a letter to the
editor that was published in The Greensboro (NC) Daily News on 20
September 1942 (p. 2). "Private Fubar" claimed to have been writing
from the U.S. Army's Camp Davis (Holly Ridge), North Carolina.

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-- Bonnie

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 1:29 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> FUBAR (OED 1944)
>
> 1943 Buffalo Evening News 9 Aug. 1 / 4 (Newspapers.com)  All sentinels are required to memorize 11 general orders, listed in the Soldiers' Handbook. After each order I will list the FUBAR (framed up beyond all recognition) version.
>
> Fred Shapiro

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