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snafu
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun snafu has 1 sense
- snafu(n = noun.act) Array - an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up; Array is a kind of bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall
Derived forms verb snafu1, adjective snafu1
Verb snafu has 1 sense
- snafu(v = verb.change) Array - cause to be in a state of complete confusion; Array is one way to embrangle, snarl, snarl up
Derived form noun snafu1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Adjective snafu has 1 sense
- snafu(s = adj.all) fucked-up - snarled or stalled in complete confusion; "situation normal--all fucked-up" Derived form noun snafu1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
snafu, adj. & n. sl.
--adj. in utter confusion or chaos.
--n. this state.
--adj. in utter confusion or chaos.
--n. this state.
Etymology
acronym for ' situation normal: all fouled (or fucked) up'
THESAURUS
snafu
Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, anarchic, anarchy, arsy-varsy, ass-backwards, ball up, balled up, bollix, bollix up, bollixed up, bugger, bugger up, can of worms, chaos, chaotic, complex, confound, confuse, confused, confusion, cook, crab, cramp, crimp, fabulous formless darkness, foul up, foul-up, fouled up, fumble, galley-west, garble, gum, gum up, hash up, hassle, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, in a mess, jumble, jumbled, jungle, knot, labyrinth, license, louse up, maze, meander, mesh, mess, mess up, misrule, mix up, mix-up, mixed up, morass, muck up, mucked up, muddle, muddled, perplex, pi, play hell with, play hob with, queer, ravel, riffle, scattered, scramble, screw up, screw-up, screwed up, shuffle, sink, skimble-skamble, snake pit, snarl, snarl up, tangle, tangled skein, topsy-turvy, tumble, upside-down, webwork, wheels within wheels, wilderness
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