http://www.aloveofwords.com/2009/09/21/thems-fighting-words/ words from a linguistics-obsessed word-origin-seeking bookworm Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.aloveofwords.com/2009/09/21/thems-fighting-words/comment-page-1/#comment-70 clare Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:40:27 +0000 http://www.aloveofwords.com/?p=93#comment-70 my dad says "fubar" = f*d up beyond all recognition. what say you word guru? is FUBAR in your books? my dad says “fubar” = f*d up beyond all recognition. what say you word guru? is FUBAR in your books?

]]> http://www.aloveofwords.com/2009/09/21/thems-fighting-words/comment-page-1/#comment-69 clare Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:28:42 +0000 http://www.aloveofwords.com/?p=93#comment-69 this is really interesting maggie. my dad was an airman, and i grew up with SNAFU in the vocab. cool to know where it comes from! this is really interesting maggie. my dad was an airman, and i grew up with SNAFU in the vocab. cool to know where it comes from!

]]> http://www.aloveofwords.com/2009/09/21/thems-fighting-words/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Say Yes to Salad » Blog Archive » Ch-ch-ch-chia: some oat bran ideas Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:31:34 +0000 http://www.aloveofwords.com/?p=93#comment-68 [...] I wrote a post here about how wars influence our vocabulary. [...] [...] I wrote a post here about how wars influence our vocabulary. [...]

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