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, Pele, 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''.

What's the best answer to this question: does fez really stand for foreign exchange student?
yes