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snafu

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5 lettersPronunciation /snæˈfuː/Part of speech noun, verb, adjectiveSorted afnsuStarts with SEnds with U0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up

Word origin

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.

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  • 2007, Susan Glairon, Paperwork SNAFU, The Daily Times-Call, LongmontFYI Because of a paperwork snafu, he also hasn’t been able to get his Army discharge papers and is still listed as an active-duty soldier…
  • Tesla’s first decade was plagued by unmet deadlines, technical snafus and cost overruns.
  • Generally I just catch the main event; but this night the prelims were snafued and the last bout was going on when I checked in.

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