[Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Excellent discovery, Bonnie. I attempted to find other examples of
"Fubar" used as a last name and came across "Joseph Fubar" in 1941.
Yet, there was no indication of humor, and the domain was
non-military.  Is it possible that "Pvt. Roger Fubar" was not a
pseudonym, but a genuine name?

Date: May 28, 1941
Newspaper: Lancaster New Era
Newspaper Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Article: Local Laborers Get York, Berks Jobs
Quote Page 4, Column 4
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
Many laborers are being sent to York and Berks counties for work,
Joseph Fubar, business agent for the Buildings Trades Union, reported
at a meeting of the Central Labor Union in its, hall last night.
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 4:38 PM Bonnie Taylor-Blake
<b.taylorblake at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A11EA68DA9EC1533C%40GB3NEWS-14342C4F04D625DE%402430623-1429AACA06587E82%4038-1429AACA06587E82?clipid=vagzaobhajkiiwpkvfvtbfczqqdikjlx_ip-10-166-46-121_1724265678637
>
> -- 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
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org