"toxic hellstew" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: toxic hellstews [plural]
Etymology: Briefly popularized by a 2014 ZDNET article using the term in reference to the Android ecosystem, which was then referenced by Apple CEO Tim Cook (see quotations below). Head templates: {{en-noun}} toxic hellstew (plural toxic hellstews)
  1. (informal) A terrible mess; a complete shitshow; an absolute crap circus. Wikipedia link: Tim Cook Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-toxic_hellstew-en-noun-OnYQprVv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "To illustrate his point, he quoted the title of a recent article by ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, a self-described \"big fan of Android.\" ¶ The article's title? \"Android fragmentation turning devices into a toxic hellstew of vulnerabilities\" – and Cook's slide of that quote added animated flames to the word \"hellstew.\"]",
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          "ref": "2015 July 26, Marco Arment, “Don't order the fish”, in Marco.org, archived from the original on 2024-04-04",
          "text": "But the iTunes Store back-end is a toxic hellstew of unreliability. Everything that touches the iTunes Store has a spotty record for me and almost every Mac owner I know.",
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          "ref": "2023 October 16, Andrew Zuo, “How Section 230 Turned The Internet Into A Toxic Hellstew Of Negativity”, in Medium, archived from the original on 2024-04-28",
          "text": "So in the light of the Israel Hamas conflict and the reports of misinformation I’d like to go into more detail on section 230 and convey just how this innocent sounding law turned the internet into a toxic hellstew of negativity.",
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