Re: Doctor Who Season Two: Disney+ Trailer

On 21/03/2025 03:35, Your Name wrote:

On 2025-03-20 15:37:27 +0000, The Last Doctor said:

On 20/03/2025 08:16, Daniel70 wrote:

On 20/03/2025 11:14 am, Your Name wrote:
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F.A.B.   :-p
 

Did anybody in Authority ever state what "F.A.B." was an abbreviation for??

 Gerry Anderson was said to look surprised when asked this and replied "Fab,
 of course."

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Yep. In terms of Thunderbirds "F.A.B." didn't really mean anything. It was simply used as a 'hip' catchphrase and a shortened version of 'fabulous' which was popular in the 1960s.
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But, "F.A.B." was used actually previously by radio operators in World War II, where it meant "'Fully Acknowledged Broadcast", so possibly that is the original source of the phrase Gerry Anderson used without fully realising it.

Roger that.
That sounds plausible but I've never heard that and I can't find any
 evidence to support it on the Web - and it's an awkward phrase, feels a bit
 contrived - I think this may be a myth. Over!
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There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t act a little childish
 sometimes.