Some interesting information that came about from my research was the jargon of the US military. Here are common acronyms that were used during WWII that exemplify the state of confusion of the time.
- SNAFU - Situation Normal: All Fucked Up.
- SUSFU - Situation Unchanged: Still Fucked Up
- FUMTU - Fucked Up More Than Usual.
- FUBB - Fucked Up Beyond Belief.
- FUBIO - Fuck You Buddy, I'm Out; or Forget You, Bub, It's Over (polite form)
- TARFU - Things Are Really Fucked Up.
- TOFU - Things Ordinary: Fucked Up.
- GFU - General Fuck Up.
- SAMFU - Self Adjusting Military Fuck Up.
- BOHICA - Bend over, here it comes again.
- TUIFU - The Ultimate In Fuck Ups.
- FUBAR- Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair/Reason/Redemption.
- FUGAZI - Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In; Refers to out-of-control situation such as a chaotic jungle warfare combat environment
- JANFU - Joint Army/Navy Fuck-Up; used by British troops in WWII.
- JAAFU or JAAFFU - Joint Army-Air Force Fuck-Up; the use of JANFU combined with a radical increase in joint-forces operations since 1989, has led to the rare but increasing use of JAAFU/JAAFFU.
- DILLIGAF/DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck/Shit? Interogative form of, "(It) don't mean nothing." Both often heard in Vietnam.
- TINS - This Is No Shit! Often seen in veterans' forums.
- MUBAR - Mash up beyond all recognition. Refers to being proper mash up.
- SMUBAR - Semi mash up beyond all recognition. Not quite MUBAR but well on the way.
- BOYC - Bitches, obey your commander! (Or "Balls on your chin")
- YUCATAN - You're Under Certain Annihilation Throw A Nuke!
- MMFD - Miles and Miles of Fucking Desert! British expression
1. acronyms - saying without saying
2. state of urgency - again, based on survival
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