Definitions
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- initialism military slang, euphemistically
fouled up . - noun A ridiculously
chaotic situation . - noun A major
glitch orbreakdown .
Etymologies
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Examples
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SNAFU is short for 'Situation Normal - All Fucked Up' - Jon
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Relays in the Tank take over an 'whatever vision-program SNAFU is telecastin comes on your Logic's screen.
Boing Boing 2005
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The word SNAFU is an old military acronym which stands for situation normal all fouled up.
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The word SNAFU is an old military acronym which stands for situation normal all fouled up.
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Epitomizes the acronym SNAFU, as we used to say in the military.
Sound Politics ron_lfp@mac.com 2010
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If anyone is familiar with the meaning of the acronym SNAFU, I think this pretty well sums up just about every MS product announcement.
Betanews 2008
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If anyone is familiar with the meaning of the acronym SNAFU, I think this pretty well sums up just about every MS product announcement.
Betanews 2008
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Maybe after being exposed to the government organization that invented the phrase SNAFU (and you DO know what that stands for, right?) you become a little skeptical of government bureacracy?
Free Trade in Tech Labor, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The technical term for this is SNAFU, which is not what you want by any means, either.
Archive 2006-03-01 Ed Hollett 2006
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The technical term for this is SNAFU, which is not what you want by any means, either.
March 2006 Ed Hollett 2006
alexz commented on the word SNAFU
Old WW2 cartoons which had the origin of the word 'Snafu'. 1943
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3fK5SdmJn0
there was a series of cartoons featuring Private Snafu.
October 26, 2015