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Adjective: snafu  sna'foo
Usage: informal
  1. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion
    "situation normal--all snafu";
Noun: snafu  sna'foo
Usage: informal
  1. An acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
Verb: snafu  sna'foo
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Cause to be in a state of complete confusion

Derived forms: snafuing, snafus, snafued

See also: disorganised [Brit], disorganized

Type of: bloomer [informal], blooper [N. Amer, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], blunder, boner [N. Amer, informal], boob [Brit, informal], boo-boo [informal], botch, bungle, embrangle, flub [N. Amer, informal], foul-up, goof [informal], pratfall [informal], snarl, snarl up

Encyclopedia: Snafu