" snafus "

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1: To elaborate the different acronyms the military so colorfully uses/used.

  * e.g.,  ... "We ran into a SNAFU." The slang does not use it properly, but rather modifies the acronym that is used so much into more of a word. SNAFU actually becomes a predicate. 

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2: SNAFU: Situatin Normal All Fucked Up.

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3: TARFU: Things Are Really Fucked Up.

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4: FUBAR: Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition.

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1: n. A chaotic or confused situation.

  * e.g.,  ... this situation is snafus 

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2: adj. In a state of confusion or chaos.

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3: tr.v. To make confused or chaotic.

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1: This is actually an acronym, standing for "Situation Normal, All Fouled (or Fucked) Up". Comes from World War I or WWII army guys.

  * e.g.,  ... Damn, this Jeep's engine is all snafu'd. This war is a snafu. 

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1: Situation Normal All Fucked Up - phrase used to describe a less than desirable scenario when similar less than desirable scenarios seem to be the norm in the given environment. originated as a military phrase because soldiers report to superior officers using phrases like "situation normal"

  * e.g.,  ... guy1: Burger King messed up my order again today 

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1: Military acronym:

  * e.g.,  ... Put in another bad situation 

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2: Situation

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3: Normal

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4: All

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5: Fucked

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6: Up

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1: Military term for "Situation Normal All FUCKED Up" or "Situation Normal All FOULED Up".

  * e.g.,  ... Man! By that way thing are going today, it's a total SNAFU type of day! 

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1: Acronym, "Situation Normal, All Fucked Up." Generally associated with the millitary, especially in use during the Vietnam war.

  * e.g.,  ... "Everything in bravo sector is snafu, over." 

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1: Military jargon meaning: S.ituation N.ormal A.ll F.ucked U.p

  * e.g.,  ... Colonel Potter used this term in an episode of M*A*S*H*, "Typical supply house SNAFU." 

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1: Situation normal all fucked up.

  * e.g.,  ... Today at work was a typical snafu. 

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1: Murphy's Law for the Military; acronym for Situation Normal, All Fucked Up

  * e.g.,  ... We planned the the latest mission for three days, but as usual it was a real snafu when it finally happened.