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SNAFU
Definitions
(Abbreviation) Situation Normal, All Fucked UpNonsexual military jargon for: Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.
Quote: Lawrence Paros, The Erotic Tongue (1984): 'World War II begat a host of lesser imitations of SNAFU, the best of which include COMMFU (a Complete Monumental Military F* *k-up), FUBAR (F* *ked Up Beyond Recognition), FUBB (F* *ked Up Beyond Belief), FUMTU (F* *ked Up More Than Usual), CPU (General F**k-up), and IMFU (Immense Military F**k-up). Complicating matters even further were Joint Anglo- American F* *k-ups (JAAFU] and Joint Anglo-Chinese F* *k-ups (JACFU). With luck, things were SAMFU (SelfAdjusting Military F* *k-ups), but often they could only be described as TARFU (Things Are Really F* *ked Up) or TAFUBAR (Things Are F* *ked Up Beyond All Recognition).'
(Abbreviation) Situation Naturally All F-worded Up
(Noun) a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation.
Usage: This court case is completely snafu
(Noun) A problem during the attempt to complete something.
Usage: I ran into a snafu when I was trying to print out my documents.
(Abbreviation) Situation Normal All Fouled Up
(Abbreviation) Situatuation Normal All Fowled Up. The abbreviation probably came from the armed forces like many others. To check for this abbreviation and many others similar to this one you can check out military museums and military web sites. Some of the letters do have different meanings of course.
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