kip270 Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 Ok this has been bugging me, in Thunderbirds what doe's FAB stand for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 What does 'F.A.B.' stand for? Nothing! Despite appearances, as used by International Rescue in Thunderbirds, 'F.A.B.' is not an acronym - it is simply a call sign like 'Roger' or 'Ten-Four' to acknowledge received instructions. At the time of the series' production, the term 'fab' was in common usage as a shortened form of 'fabulous' which, of course, everything was in the Sixties. The phrase has enjoyed a resurgence in usage in recent years and 'F.A.B.' itself entered the English dictionary for the first time in 2002: "'F.A.B. interjection British informal an expression of agreement to, or acknowledgement of, a command [from British television series, Thunderbirds]." - Collins Dictionary (2002) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kip270 Posted January 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 Cheers Dazza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 I also suspect that the fact FAB (being a slang abbreviation of fabulous) was a very "with it" expression at the time Thunderbirds was made, may have influenced their choice somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 I also suspect that the fact FAB (being a slang abbreviation of fabulous) was a very "with it" expression at the time Thunderbirds was made, may have influenced their choice somewhat. Where as I suspect we should all be getting out a bit more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 Very sad to mention this i know. When i used to work in the motor trade in the 70`s a bloke`s Audi ( i think they were called NSU? any way it had a rotorary engine ) Broke down out side the garage and it turned out to be Jerry Anderson, remember him? If i remeber it was more his misses who produced ThunderBirds But who cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 First And Best if I remember rightly - showing my age. Thinking about it... wasn't FAB used by the Angel Interceptors in Captain Scarlet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 The show as i remember was weird they used to walk all Camp Perhaps it stood for Feel Alans Balls LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Cranfield 10/10 - go to the top of the class:- "The characters use the radio sign-off "F.A.B." rather than "Roger" or "Over and out". Anderson was often asked what F.A.B. stood for, but in fact it simply stood for "fab" (short for "fabulous"), a 1960s catchphrase". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P03 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 First And Best if I remember rightly - showing my age. Thinking about it... wasn't FAB used by the Angel Interceptors in Captain Scarlet? No that was S.I.G Spectrum Is Green. Christ I'm getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 First And Best if I remember rightly - showing my age. Thinking about it... wasn't FAB used by the Angel Interceptors in Captain Scarlet? No that was S.I.G Spectrum Is Green. Christ I'm getting old. No, no. While on the subject of Jerry and Sylvia Anderson, you're only getting old when you can remember...... Torchy, Torchy, the battery boy ! And then.... Supercar ! Now I feel old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullbore Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 And Fireball XL5 zoony the lazoon etc Stingray oh my god theyre coming for me AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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