SNAFU


Meaning of SNAFU in English

/ snæˈfuː; NAmE / noun

[ sing. ] ( NAmE , informal ) a situation in which nothing happens as planned :

It was another bureaucratic snafu.

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WORD ORIGIN

1940s: acronym from situation normal: all fouled (or fucked) up .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.