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SNAFU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("snafu" is a kind of...):
bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)
Domain usage:
acronym; initialism (a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word)
Derivation:
snafu (cause to be in a state of complete confusion)
snafu (snarled or stalled in complete confusion)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Snarled or stalled in complete confusion
Example:
situation normal--all fucked-up
Synonyms:
fucked-up; snafu
Classified under:
Similar:
disorganised; disorganized (lacking order or methodical arrangement or function)
Derivation:
snafu (an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to be in a state of complete confusion
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "snafu" is one way to...):
embrangle; snarl; snarl up (make more complicated or confused through entanglements)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
snafu (an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up)
