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Subject:Re: Acronyms (a little OT)
From:miguel pacheco
Date:Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:58:58 -0600

Uhm.....it's not 'fouled,' but it does begin with an 'f.'
Miguel

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
  - Thomas A. Edison

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> you have to include FUBB too - fouled up beyond belief.  Military origin.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Thyer" <matt_thyer@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 2:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Acronyms (a little OT)
>
>
>> 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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