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Subject:Re: Acronyms (a little OT)
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:41:35 -0500

FOULED up.

---- Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snafu
>
> I'm not sure how'd you explain that one to the kiddies, but being
> ex-military I sure make use of it plenty.
>
> MT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> PB
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 2:02 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Acronyms (a little OT)
>
> Please let me know what "SNAFU" and "BUFF" mean as acronyms.  I've heard of
> them as words, but not acronyms.  Hope you don't mind a brief "OT" question.
> Patti
> *****************
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:45 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > At 03:23 PM 6/1/2010, Jamie Fitterer wrote:
> >
> >> really!?  we are banning acronyms?
> >>
> >
> > Dear Jamie,
> >
> > That one, yes.  FLAPS and SNAFU and BUFF can be explained to the
> > kiddies in an innocent way, but that one can't.
> >
> > Yours,
> > David
> >

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David McNeely