"SNAFU" was first recorded in "American Notes and Queries" in their September 1941 issue. "Time" magazine used the term in their June 16, 1942, issue: "Last week U.S. citizens knew that gasoline rationing and rubber requisitioning were snafu." Most reference works, including the "Random House Unabridged Dictionary", supply an origin date of 1940–1944, generally attributing it to the U.S. Army. Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of "SNAFU", "FUBAR", and a bevy of other terms to cynical GIs ridiculing the Army's penchant for acronyms.