[Patentcenter] Off Topic - Kind of

[Richard Straussman]

I know FUBAR - that is different ->  F'd Up Beyond All Recognition.  
FUBAR is the final result of verschlimmbessern.

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On 10/17/2024 9:05 AM, Rick Bigelow wrote:
> We've had one in the military since at least WWII: FUBAR.
>
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 8:57 AM Richard Straussman via Patentcenter 
> <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>
>     Today I learned a new German word that seems so applicable to
>     PatentCenter I had to share it: verschlimmbessern.
>
>     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"!!
>
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