SNAFU
A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or stateA confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.
» SNAFU is an acronym expressing the enlisted man's resigned acceptance of chaos. Situation Normal: All Fucked Up.
Meaning
2 sensesA confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.
tanzendes Chaos, Chaos
пу́таницаpútanica, неразбери́хаnerazberíxa, барда́кbardák
A major glitch or breakdown; a mistake or blunder.
Patzer
ошибкаošibka, ляпljap, косякkosjak
- an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
Examples
1 sentencesSNAFU is an acronym expressing the enlisted man's resigned acceptance of chaos. Situation Normal: All Fucked Up.
Translations
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Origin
The term was born during the Second World War as an acronym of the initials of the words sThe 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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