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A term used frequently in Thunderbirds, fans often think it stands for some kind of acknowledgement. The phrase is also used in wider popular culture, and in...
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Apr 22, 2013 · In the 60’s the buzzword was “fabulous”. This was shortened to FAB and used simply as a call sign like ‘Roger’ or ‘Ten-Four’ to acknowledge received instructions. If it was an acronym, then the best suggestion we’ve heard for a potential meaning is “Fully Acknowledged Broadcast”.
FAB definition: 1. informal for fabulous: 2. a factory for making advanced electronic products, for example…. Learn more.
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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.
Link 13, International Rescue's head of communications, also put forward that F.A.B. was occasionally used to mean a mission instruction had been Filed by onboard systems, Actioned by the agent, and Banked at the Tracy Island mainframe..
F.A.B. never stood for anything, ever. Like Grandma Tracy, the real-world production team behind Thunderbirds based it off of 'fabulous', which was a popular byword during the 1960s. Although that never stopped people from trying to fit meaning to them - the letters are often, but incorrectly, thought to mean either 'Fully Acknowledged Broadcast' or 'Fully Advised and Briefed'.
The confusion regarding the codeword would eventually be brought in-universe, at least in the world of Thunderbirds Are Go!. In Extraction, after Robert Williams and his son are rescued from a methane pit, he directly asks what the codeword means, but, to his bewilderment, is only met with laughter as a response. In fact, Thunderbirds Are Go! would later introduce a second codeword - R.A.D., used by Brains, which was similarly based off of 'radical'.
Aug 31, 2016 · FAB does not stand for anything, it is a shortened version of 'fabulous'. http://www.thunderbirdsonline.co.uk/ The official version of the origin of FAB (from Gerry Anderson himself) is: that the term "FAB" refers to the use of "Fab" as a sixties thing, such as: the Beatles, "the Fab Four".
FAB meaning: 1. informal for fabulous: 2. a factory for making advanced electronic products, for example…. Learn more.
If you say that something is fab, you are emphasizing that you think it is very good.
