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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I know FUBAR - that is
different -> F'd Up Beyond All Recognition. FUBAR is the
final result of verschlimmbessern.<br>
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</style><span class="c1"><strong>Richard Straussman</strong></span><span
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/17/2024 9:05 AM, Rick Bigelow
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<div dir="ltr">We've had one in the military since at least WWII:
FUBAR.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at
8:57\u202fAM Richard Straussman via Patentcenter <<a
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<div> Today I learned a new German word that seems so
applicable to PatentCenter I had to share it:
verschlimmbessern. <br>
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I am advised that it means to take something bad and try to
make it better, but in the process, you make it worse than
before. We NEED a word like that in English - particularly
for many recent PTO "improvements"!!<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Richard L. Bigelow<br>
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