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snafu

UK/snæˈfuː/ US/ˈsnæfuː/ rare slang
noun (1) adjective (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up

adjective

1.

snarled or stalled in complete confusion

  • “situation normal--all fucked-up”
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verb

1.

cause to be in a state of complete confusion

Origin

The term was born during the Second World War as an acronym of the initials of the words situation normal, all fucked up, which summed up the chaos and confusion of the war from an individual soldier’s point of view.

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