SNAFU

/snæˈfuː/

SNAFU

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Definition

Acronym of situation normal, all fucked up /situation normal, all fouled up.

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.