SNAFU

Meanings

Phrase

• Acronym of status nominal all fucked up or situation normal all fucked up

Noun

• A ridiculously chaotic situation.
• A major glitch or breakdown.

Origin

• The term was born during WWII 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.