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From: Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
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Subject: Re: Doctor Who Season Two: Disney+ Trailer
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:45:09 +1100
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On 21/03/2025 6:11 pm, The Last Doctor wrote:
> 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:
>>>>
>>>> <Snip>
>>>>
>>>>> 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."
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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!

Doing a DuckDuckGo search ....

https://thunderbirds.fandom.com/wiki/F.A.B.


in: Classic Thunderbirds	
F.A.B.	

     Not to be confused with the audio story, or the spy organisation.

Virgil in Thunderbird 2 replies with "F.A.B

F.A.B. is the codeword used by International Rescue agents as a means of 
acknowledgement, serving a similar purpose to "Roger". Although 
pronounced as individual letters, it does not stand for anything. The 
codeword was suggested by Grandma Tracy as a short, precise, and unique 
sounding term of acknowledgement, and based it off 'fabulous', which had 
been a much used phrase long ago[1].
-- 
Daniel70