Fubar (adj)
foo-bar
Out of working order; seriously, perhaps irreparably, damaged.
1940s acronym from fucked up beyond all recognition (or repair).
Example sentences
“The grandfather clock has been fubar for as long as it’s stood there.”
Apoplexy (noun) ap-o-plek-see Extreme anger. (dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral haemorrhage or stroke. Late Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplēxia,…
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