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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”.
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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'.
Thunderbirds is a British science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It was made between 1964 and 1966 using a form of electronic marionette puppetry (dubbed "Supermarionation") combined with scale model special ...
Aug 31, 2016 · Anderson was often asked what F. A. B. stood for, but in fact it simply stood for "fab" (short for "fabulous"), which was a 1960s catchphrase. Later this was unofficially decided to mean Fully Advised and Briefed, following on from P-W-O-R (Proceeding With Orders Received), a similar radio confirmation code in the series Stingray.
Aug 30, 2016 · In Gerry Anderson's 'Thunderbirds' (1965-66), the Tracy brothers (Scott, John, Virgil, Gordon and Alan) would respond on the radio. "F.A.B." meaning 'affirmative' or 'understood'. There are many theories as to the meaning to this acronym.
Apr 21, 2021 · I've been channelling my inner seven-year-old recently with the aid of some Thunderbirds DVDs, and it has reminded me of a long-forgotten mystery. The initials F.A.B. are used by International Rescue people to mean "I Agree" or "Great" or "I Hear and Obey". But what do these letters stand for?
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