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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ridiculously chaotic situation",
"word": "confusión"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
"word": "sotku"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
"word": "zűr"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "colloquial or slang",
"sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
"word": "gebasz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
"word": "potknięcie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wpadka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "obsuwa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ošibka",
"sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ошибка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljap",
"sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ляп"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kosjak",
"sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"slang"
],
"word": "косяк"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"SNAFU"
],
"word": "SNAFU"
}
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