Question: does fez really stand for foreign exchange student

Answer: Yes, Fez was born on August 4, 1960. His real name is deemed unpronounceable by his friends, so they call him ``Fez'' (short for Foreign Exchange Student). The series' official web site explains the spelling ``Fez'' (as opposed to ``Fes'') as ``poetic license''. Red usually calls him ``the foreign kid'', or by a random foreign (or Native American) name through various backgrounds (e.g., Hadji, Tonto, Anwar, Sabu, Muhammad Ali, Ali Baba, Pelé, Ahmad, Tutankhamun, etc.), which Fez does not mind, with one exception: he hates being called Tarzan because Tarzan is a white man. Eric's grandmother calls him ``Desi''.