snafu
Use Snafu in a sentence
u noun
1.
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount. Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up. Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
adjective
2.
verb (used with object)
3.
Rare. to throw into disorder; muddle: Losing his passport snafued the whole vacation. Synonyms: confuse, mess up, bungle.
Origin:
1940–45; s(ituation) n(ormal): a(ll) f(ucked) u(p); sometimes euphemistically construed as f(ouled u(p)
1940–45; s(ituation) n(ormal): a(ll) f(ucked) u(p); sometimes euphemistically construed as f(ouled u(p)
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snafu (snæˈfuː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state |
| —adj | |
| 2. | (postpositive) confused or muddled up, as usual |
| —vb , -fus, -fuing, -fued | |
| 3. | (US), (Canadian) (tr) to throw into chaos |
| [C20: from s(ituation) n(ormal): a(ll) f(ucked | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
snafu
1941, U.S. military slang, acronym for situation normal, all fucked up, "conveying the common soldier's laconic acceptance of the disorder of war and the ineptitude of his superiors." ["Oxford English Dictionary," which seldom fails to delight]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
snafu definition[snæˈfu]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
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The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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Example sentences
The second snafu was more localized, but more severe for those affected.
Weak because he's brought down not by inner conflict but by an outer snafu.
Both audio and video transmitted perfectly without any sort of digital snafu.
Then, he couldn't view the videos because of a software snafu.
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