snafu

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sna·fu / snaˈfoō/ inf. • n. a confused or chaotic state; a mess: an enormous amount of my time was devoted to untangling snafus.• adj. in utter confusion or chaos: our refrigeration plant is snafu.• v. [tr.] throw (a situation) into chaos: you ignored his orders and snafued everything.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

snafu

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snafu (snæˈfuː) Slang situation normal, all fouled (or fucked) up

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH