Snafu
Daniel van Eijmeren
dve at kabelfoon.nl
Sat May 5 07:39:34 CEST 2001
KRISTIAN PEDERSEN, 24-04-2001:
> Another term I discovered via Barks was "snafu", which my dictionary
> told me was military slang for "situation normal, all fouled up".
> I was surprised to see that expression in a Disney comic, as "fouled"
> in that context seemed very much like a euphemism for an altogether
> ruder word (I think it was in one of Barks' later stories that
> I saw it).
Does someone know in which story the word "snafu" was used?
Best wishes,
--- Daniel
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