clusterfuck
To fuck up, to make a total mess ofTo fuck (something) up, to make a total mess of.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Unexpected changes led to a huge clusterfuck.
rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic, slang, vulgar)To fuck (something) up, to make a total mess of.
Examples
3 sentencesUnexpected changes led to a huge clusterfuck.
It was a complete clusterfuck.
deEs war ein totaler Clusterfuck. — loominade
"Any idea where the hell we're headed?" "Nah, but I'm sure it's gonna be a real clusterfuck like always."
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
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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Forms
clusterfucks, clusterfucking, clusterfucked, clusterfucked| Base form | clusterfuck · to clusterfuck |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | clusterfucks |
| Present participle | clusterfucking |
| Past simple | clusterfucked |
| Past participle | clusterfucked |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.