/ 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 .
/ 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. 2005