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snafu
noun
a chaotic mess US, 1941
An initialism of “situation normal, all fucked up”, or the more polite “situation normal, all fouled up”.- “Not only profanity has crept into your speech,” she said, “but also the peculiar jargon of the Army.” “Snafu,” I said, “tarfu, fubar, and weft.” — Max Shulman, The Zebra Derby, p. 174, 1946
- It the landing schedule had not gone snafu, we would have come ashore with the assault waves. — Audie Murphy, To Hell and Back, p. 1, 1949
- Now everything was screwed up proper. A real snafu. — Mickey Spillane, Return of the Hood, p. 88, 1964
- He yelled at her for a paperwork snafu. — Lee Child, The Visitor, p. 201, 2000
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