"clusterbùrach" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clusterbùrachs [plural]
Etymology: Blending of English cluster (from clusterfuck) and Scottish Gaelic bùrach (“mess, shambles”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|cluster}} cluster, {{m|en|clusterfuck}} clusterfuck, {{m|gd|bùrach||mess, shambles}} bùrach (“mess, shambles”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} clusterbùrach (plural clusterbùrachs)
  1. (Scotland, informal, neologism) A total mess, catastrophic failure, fiasco. Tags: Scotland, informal, neologism Synonyms: omnishambles, clusterbourach, clusterboorach
    Sense id: en-clusterbùrach-en-noun-lxF91piJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English neologisms, Scottish English

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          "ref": "2017 February 10, Kenny Farquharson, \"Canvas of Brexit is best viewed by squinting\", The Times (Scottish edition)",
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          "ref": "2018 January 3, Kenny Farquharson, \"Ban on smacking will struggle for support\", The Times (Scottish edition)",
          "text": "The named person scheme jeopardised that contract of trust. ... Some changes have been made but I worry the damage has been done. ... Some might pin the blame for named person on Mr Salmond ..., given that it was conceived on his watch. To my mind, however, it is a clusterbùrach entirely of Ms Sturgeon’s own making."
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        },
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          "ref": "2018 January 3, Kenny Farquharson, \"Ban on smacking will struggle for support\", The Times (Scottish edition)",
          "text": "The named person scheme jeopardised that contract of trust. ... Some changes have been made but I worry the damage has been done. ... Some might pin the blame for named person on Mr Salmond ..., given that it was conceived on his watch. To my mind, however, it is a clusterbùrach entirely of Ms Sturgeon’s own making."
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