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Examples
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"I can remember hearing the name Snafu (Shelton) from the time I was a very young child."
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It's called the Snafu stick, which simply helps hold down those pesky fly away hairs.
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When you're starting to make "Snafu" look like a beaming ray of sunshine, you've sunk pretty low.
TV Squad 2010
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"Snafu" (Victor, 1946, with the Esquire All-American 1946 Award Winners) 21.
About Last Night 2009
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"Whenever we see multiple government agencies involved in one single function, there will almost certainly be some kind of Snafu," he added.
American Chronicle 2009
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"Whenever we see multiple government agencies involved in one single function, there will almost certainly be some kind of Snafu," he added.
American Chronicle 2009
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One of the bars that caught my eye was Snafu on the Eastside.
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Mama: You forgot to mention that Snafu lets you bring your own food in to enjoy.
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Word on the street was that Snafu takes a cue from the Superman comics: by day a mild mannered watering hole but by night a super human drink fest.
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Biggest Ratings Snafu Just as investors were about to buy bonds on a $1.5 billion batch of securities tied to commercial mortgages, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services pulled its rating on the deal, being sold by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc., citing potential problems with its ratings formula.
Year Is Marked by Big Start, Shaky Finish Eliot Brown 2011
adsday commented on the word Snafu
"Snafu" was coined by US soldiers during the Second World War, and stands for "situation normal, all fucked up"
September 10, 2009