snafu in English

noun

1

a confused or chaotic state; a mess.

an enormous amount of my time was devoted to untangling snafus

synonyms: muddle, mess, tangle, jumble, confusion, misunderstanding, misinterpretation, misconception, mistake, mix-up, bungle, hash, foul-up, screw-up

adjective

1

in utter confusion or chaos.

our refrigeration plant is snafu

verb

1

throw (a situation) into chaos.

you ignored his orders and snafued everything

noun

muddle, mess, tangle, jumble, confusion, misunderstanding, misinterpretation, misconception, mistake, mix-up, bungle, hash, foul-up, screw-up

Use "snafu" in a sentence

1. It was another bureaucratic snafu.

2. Clostridium and the Dopamine Snafu

3. George: Nah, it's just a snafu.

4. What is debated is whose military invented snafu.

5. The company isn't wholly to blame for the snafu.

6. Due to a police snafu, important evidence was lost.

7. Note: Thanks to 2 readers who caught my typing snafu.

8. George: Nah, it's just a snafu. Could happen to anyone.

9. Private Snafu learns about the hazards of enemy Booby traps the hard way.This is one of 26 Private SNAFU ('Situation Normal, All Fouled Up) cartoons made by

10. There could be a last minute snafu that only you can handle.

11. It was a catchphrase for national shame now, applicable to virtually every snafu.

12. Facing the snafu life, puts down Asian Li even think sells off that precious gold medal.

13. I had originally posted that episode—it was the one on the word snafu—back in 200

14. The Google Voice snafu comes as competition between onetime allies Apple and Google is heating up.

15. Webster's cites snafu and radar, two terms of World War Two vintage, as examples of Acronyms that were created.

16. 10 words related to Acronym: snafu, MPEG, descriptor, form, signifier, word form, DINK, weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP, NIMBY

17. Some 53% person acknowledged , own individual life snafu, therefore own pet dog has also come under the certain influence.

18. There's a bit of a technical snafu here, so bear with us, this takes a little time to explain.

19. One, fubar supposedly standing for "fu**ed up beyond all recognition" actually has made it into the OED along with snafu.

20. Kevin: You could say that, or you could call it a fiasco , debacle or( my personal favorite) a complete SNAFU. Take your pick.

21. “Coaxed Into a Snafu” refers to a series of poorly drawn rage comic and advice animal characters that are captioned with variations of popular Internet catchphrases

22. Overall, the company did not so much apologize to users for this snafu as tell them that they just didn't understand how complicated this situation is.

23. “Coaxed Into a Snafu” refers to a series of poorly drawn rage comic and advice animal characters that are captioned with variations of popular Internet catchphrases

24. The only snafu that I experienced was I was told that the repair could not be made until I received the written Do Not Ride recall paperwork.

25. Redmond Family Attends Presidential Inauguration - Redmond, WA - After a Ticketmaster snafu, a Redmond family has gotten tickets to the official inaugural ball and other events.

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27. Acronym- a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name snafu- an Acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up MPEG- a set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards