clusterfuck
A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication…A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence.
» Unexpected changes led to a huge clusterfuck.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, slang, vulgar)A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence.
1989: P. J. O'Rourke, Holidays in Hell "Mongolian Cluster Fuck" is the technical term journalists use for a preplanned, wholly scripted, news-free event.
Riesenkacke, Riesenscheiße, Riesenchaos
по́лная жо́паpólnaja žópa, пизде́цpizdéc, барда́кbardák
A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong
(slang, uncommon, vulgar)A sexual orgy.
Examples
3 sentencesUnexpected changes led to a huge clusterfuck.
It was a complete clusterfuck.
deEs war ein totaler Clusterfuck.
"Any idea where the hell we're headed?" "Nah, but I'm sure it's gonna be a real clusterfuck like always."
Translations
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Origin
From cluster + fuck. Reportedly coined by Hippie poet Ed Sanders as Mongolian Cluster FuckFrom cluster + fuck. Reportedly coined by Hippie poet Ed Sanders as Mongolian Cluster Fuck. First attested in c. 1965 in East Village Other.
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