"SNAFU" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /snæˈfuː/ [UK], /ˈsnæfuː/ [UK], /snæˈfu/ [US], /ˈsnæfu/ [US] Audio: En-uk-snafu.ogg , en-us-SNAFU.ogg Forms: SNAFUs [plural]
enPR: snă'fo͞o [UK], 'snăfo͞o [UK], snă'fo͞o [US], 'snăfo͞o [US] Rhymes: -uː, -ɑːfuː Etymology: The term was born during the Second World War as an acronym of the initials of the words situation normal, all fucked up, which summed up the chaos and confusion of the war from an individual soldier’s point of view. Head templates: {{en-noun}} SNAFU (plural SNAFUs)
  1. A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state. Related terms (Article on a military training cartoon character): Private Snafu, by Frank Capra in 1942. The stories were written by Theodor Geisel (english: a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) Translations (confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation): бъркотия (bǎrkotija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), хаос (haos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hässäkkä (Finnish), bordel [masculine] (French), merdier [masculine] (French), tanzendes Chaos [neuter] (German), Chaos [neuter] (German), zűrzavar (Hungarian), káosz (Hungarian), rumli (Hungarian), összevisszaság (Hungarian), bałagan [masculine] (Polish), burdel [masculine] (Polish), rozpierducha [feminine] (Polish), sajgon [masculine] (Polish), bajer [masculine] (Polish), пу́таница (pútanica) [feminine] (Russian), неразбери́ха (nerazberíxa) [feminine] (Russian), барда́к (bardák) [masculine] (Russian), ералаш (jeralaš) [masculine] (Russian), confusión (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-SNAFU-en-noun-u0s8wx0J Disambiguation of 'Article on a military training cartoon character': 65 35 Disambiguation of 'confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation': 99 1
  2. A major glitch or breakdown; a mistake or blunder. Translations (major glitch or breakdown): sotku (Finnish), Patzer [colloquial, masculine] (German), zűr (Hungarian), gebasz [colloquial, slang] (Hungarian), potknięcie (Polish), wpadka [feminine] (Polish), obsuwa [colloquial, feminine] (Polish), ошибка (ošibka) [feminine] (Russian), ляп (ljap) [masculine] (Russian), косяк (kosjak) [masculine, slang] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-SNAFU-en-noun-w3sWe2uL Disambiguation of 'major glitch or breakdown': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: FUBAR

Phrase

IPA: /snæˈfuː/ [UK], /ˈsnæfuː/ [UK], /snæˈfu/ [US], /ˈsnæfu/ [US] Audio: En-uk-snafu.ogg , en-us-SNAFU.ogg
enPR: snă'fo͞o [UK], 'snăfo͞o [UK], snă'fo͞o [US], 'snăfo͞o [US] Rhymes: -uː, -ɑːfuː Etymology: The term was born during the Second World War as an acronym of the initials of the words situation normal, all fucked up, which summed up the chaos and confusion of the war from an individual soldier’s point of view. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} SNAFU
  1. (military, slang, euphemistic) Acronym of status nominal all fucked up or situation normal all fucked up (fouled up) Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, euphemistic, slang Alternative form of: status nominal all fucked up or situation normal all fucked up (extra: fouled up) Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: snafu
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Alternative forms

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          "text": "2007, Susan Glairon, Paperwork SNAFU, The Daily Times-Call, LongmontFYI\nBecause of a paperwork snafu, he also hasn’t been able to get his Army discharge papers and is still listed as an active-duty soldier…"
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        "(military, slang, euphemistic) Acronym of status nominal all fucked up or situation normal all fucked up (fouled up)"
      ],
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        "slang"
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        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
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        "UK"
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    },
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsnæfu/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːfuː"
    }
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    {
      "word": "snafu"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Rhymes:English/ɑːfuː",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːfuː/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
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        "plural"
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    {
      "word": "FUBAR"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Article on a military training cartoon character",
      "word": "Private Snafu"
    },
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      "english": "a.k.a. Dr. Seuss",
      "sense": "Article on a military training cartoon character",
      "word": "by Frank Capra in 1942. The stories were written by Theodor Geisel"
    }
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        "A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state."
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          "confused"
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          "muddled",
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        ],
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          "messed-up"
        ],
        [
          "chaotic",
          "chaotic"
        ],
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          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "confusion",
          "confusion"
        ],
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          "chaos",
          "chaos"
        ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2007, Susan Glairon, Paperwork SNAFU, The Daily Times-Call, LongmontFYI\nBecause of a paperwork snafu, he also hasn’t been able to get his Army discharge papers and is still listed as an active-duty soldier…"
        }
      ],
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        "A major glitch or breakdown; a mistake or blunder."
      ],
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        [
          "glitch",
          "glitch"
        ],
        [
          "breakdown",
          "breakdown"
        ],
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake"
        ],
        [
          "blunder",
          "blunder"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "enpr": "snă'fo͞o",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "'snăfo͞o",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/snæˈfuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "'snăfo͞o",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/snæˈfu/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsnæfu/",
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        "US"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uː"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːfuː"
    }
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      "word": "snafu"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bǎrkotija",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бъркотия"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "haos",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хаос"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "word": "hässäkkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bordel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "merdier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tanzendes Chaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Chaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "word": "zűrzavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "word": "káosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "word": "rumli"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "word": "összevisszaság"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bałagan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "burdel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozpierducha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sajgon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bajer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pútanica",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пу́таница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nerazberíxa",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неразбери́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bardák",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "барда́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jeralaš",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ералаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; ridiculously chaotic situation",
      "word": "confusión"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
      "word": "sotku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Patzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
      "word": "zűr"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "major glitch or breakdown",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "slang"
      ],
      "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"
    }
  ],
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}

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