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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