FUBAR is fouled up beyond all recognition. SNAFU is Situation normal, all fouled up. See link below for a great explanation and history of these terms.
FOOBAR is not an acronym, it is a placeholder name used in computer programming and has no meaning. By contrast FUBAR is a military slang acronym for Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition.
Snafu is an acronym that dates back to the military in World War 2. It stands for Situation Normal All Fouled Up, it was a common complaint from the soldiers referring to everything is OK just difficult and confusing.
Snafu. "Situation normal - all fouled up.
FUBAR , meaning " Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition" originated with US soldiers in the early part of WW2. ( although they were known to sometimes use a different word in place of 'fouled')
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If you watched the old cartoons, it appeared at the beginnings. Anyway, It is "Situation Normal, All Fouled Up"
messed up, not working correctly, inoperative, etc.
A change-up
This is called an acronym.Radar is an acronym for the much longer term RAdio Detection And Ranging. Other examples fubar (fouled up beyond all repair), snafu (situation normal, all fouled up) and sonar (sound navigation ranging).Another example: LASER, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
"Foobar" is actually FUBAR, an acronym for Fouled Up Beyond All Repair, meaning the situation is completely out of control.