Editing Military slang (section)

==Acronym slang in the U.S. Military==
{{Main|List of military slang terms}}
A number of military slang terms are [[Acronym and initialism|acronyms]]. [[Rick Atkinson]] ascribes the origin of SNAFU (Situation Normal, All Fucked Up), FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond Any Repair or "All Recognition"), and a bevy of other terms to cynical [[GI (military)|GIs]] ridiculing the [[United States Army]]'s penchant for acronyms.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944 |series=The Liberation Trilogy |first=Rick |last=Atkinson |year=2007 |publisher=Henry Holt |page=[https://archive.org/details/dayofbattlewarin00atki/page/36 36] |isbn=978-0-8050-6289-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/dayofbattlewarin00atki/page/36 }}</ref>

Terms then end up being used in other industries as these GIs complete their services. For example, FUBAR evolved into [[Foobar]] as GIs coming home from World War II matriculated into [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], with the first written use from a club at MIT called the [[Tech Model Railroad Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.computer-dictionary-online.org/definitions-f/foo.html|title=Computer Dictionary Online}}, computer-dictionary-online.org</ref>