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Definition of FUBAR
FUBAR 
adjective
- confused, ruined; "messed up". Term is an acronym of "fucked up beyond all recognition." Also fubared.
That project is totally fubar.
That project is totally fubared.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mess.
- See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
- See more words with the same meaning: broken.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Wayne C. from San Mateo, CA, USA on Feb 23 1998.
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- Also described as an acronym for "fucked up beyond all reason."
- See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
Last edited on Mar 25 2006. Submitted by Erik J. from Gera, Germany on Mar 25 2006.
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Other terms relating to 'a mess': | |
| Definitions include: to end an intimate relationship with someone. | |
| Definitions include: Acronym for "situation normal, all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: something extremely disorganized. | |
| Definitions include: a police officer. | |
| Definitions include: a chaotic event. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below. | |
| Definitions include: of superior quality, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated. | |
| Definitions include: US Army phonetics for "CF", an acronym of cluster fuck. | |
| Definitions include: a drunken event/night of epic proportions. | |
| Definitions include: to look disorderly, undesirable. | |
| Definitions include: A mess, a really bad situation. | |
Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: afro. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "real fucking rowdy". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "cool story, bro". | |
| Definitions include: "I am not a quantum physicist". | |
| Definitions include: a word that has come to be an acronym (or is viewed by some as an acronym) when it was not originally an acronym. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "works for me". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am a lawyer". | |
| Definitions include: "pound me in the ass" prison. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Mary Jane", i.e. marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Be right back", as in, "I will return soon." | |
| Definitions include: an attractive older woman. Acronym for "mom I'd like to fuck" or "mother I'd like to fuck". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "so far so good". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for Butt-Fuck, Egypt. | |
| Definitions include: "thanks". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) forever". | |
Other terms relating to 'bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing': | |
| Definitions include: excited. | |
| Definitions include: an item of poor quality. | |
| Definitions include: an instance of failure. | |
| Definitions include: "brutal". | |
| Definitions include: old-fashioned; unstylish. | |
| Definitions include: to end an intimate relationship with someone. | |
| Definitions include: in a bad physical state. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: an insult or retort. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing; of poor quality; "uncool". | |
| Definitions include: bad, stupid, ugly, etc. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation. | |
| Definitions include: crazy. | |
| Definitions include: a homosexual person. | |
Other terms relating to 'broken': | |
| Definitions include: to have sex. | |
| Definitions include: in an update or sequel to a video game, to make a weapon weak or weaker, such that it's like a Nerf gun. | |
| Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.) | |
| Definitions include: broken; messed up; "fucked up". | |
| Definitions include: broken or ruined. | |
| Definitions include: buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: Past tense of "screw". | |
| Definitions include: broken. | |
| Definitions include: under the influence of drugs, often LSD ("acid"). | |
| Definitions include: broken or not functioning properly. | |
| Definitions include: of superior quality, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: to destroy. | |
| Definitions include: under the influence of drugs. | |
| Definitions include: messed up, weird. | |
| Definitions include: out of service, broken, useless, inoperative. | |
Other terms relating to 'to make a mistake, be incorrect, err': | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: a breast. | |
| Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: a person or object that erred. | |
| Definitions include: to botch. | |
| Definitions include: an erection. | |
| Definitions include: to not like something you like. | |
| Definitions include: a replacement word for fuck. | |
| Definitions include: To accidentally press an adjacent button, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. | |
| Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake. | |
| Definitions include: to take advantage of. | |
| Definitions include: to be mistaken. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment. | |
| Definitions include: "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock. | |
| Definitions include: to take LSD. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'all': | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "all but dissertation". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "all day I dream about sex". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: to say. Notes: can only be used in the present, past, and future simple tenses and the past conditional tense. | |
| Definitions include: See be all about. | |
| Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action. | |
| Definitions include: what was previously expected to happen may not. | |
| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: a student who has completed all parts of advanced education with the exception of completing, presenting, and defending their dissertation. | |
| Definitions include: communication saying that trouble is no longer present, or that previously delayed plans can continue on their original course. | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: clumsy. | |
| Definitions include: in functioning order or at a level of acceptability; "fine". | |
| Definitions include: all good. | |
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Other terms relating to 'beyond': | |
| Definitions include: utterly unknown to a person. | |
| Definitions include: unforgivable. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fucked up beyond all belief". | |
| Definitions include: stands for "fucked up beyond recognition." | |
Other terms relating to 'fuck': | |
| Definitions include: "fuck you". | |
| Definitions include: absolutely. | |
| Definitions include: very absolutely. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "adios mother fucker." | |
| Definitions include: an intensifier. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is stupid or doing something dumb. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "bad-ass mother fucker". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "big fucking deal." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for Butt-Fuck, Egypt. | |
| Definitions include: Stands for big fucking nowhere i.e. suburbs | |
| Definitions include: to over-think something, well beyond what is needed; to consider and reconsider and reconsider again often leading to an inability to make a decision. | |
| Definitions include: A so called friend that's fucking one of your ex-girlfriends or girlfriend without your expressed consent or permission | |
| Definitions include: "butt fuck". | |
| Definitions include: of a person, crazy. | |
Other terms relating to 'recognition': | |
| Definitions include: stands for "fucked up beyond recognition." | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
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