snafuphr.adj.n.

/ˈsnafuː/

Forms: Also SNAFU.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of situation normal: all fouled (or fucked) up.

slang (chiefly U.S., originally U.S. Military).

A. phr.

Used acronymically (often with an explanation) as an expression conveying the common soldier's laconic acceptance of the disorder of war and the ineptitude of his superiors.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > catchphrases [phrase]

snafu1941

praise the Lord and pass the ammunition1942

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > unskilfully or inadequately [phrase] > bungling ineptitude

snafu1941

1941 Amer. Notes & Queries Sept. 94/2 Snafu, situation normal.

1943 Amer. Mercury Nov. 555/2 Snafu—politely translated as ‘situation normal; all fouled up’, to indicate that things are not going too well.

1946 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 51 419 Interestingly, the expression ‘snafu’, derived from this, ‘Situation normal, all f——ed up’, is coming into general civilian use.

1966 Sunday Times 4 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 73/4 GI Jargon... Snafu, Situation normal, all fouled up.

1975 Listener 13 Mar. 349/1 There was a barrack-room mnemonic which fits the ill-starred Dieppe raid: SNAFU, or Situation Normal, All Fouled Up.

B. adj.

Confused, chaotic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adjective]

confusec1384

yblent1426

intermellé1487

farraginary1538

puddled1559

confused1576

promiscuous1579

pell-mell1584

ravelleda1586

mingle-mangle1589

rumblingc1598

skimble-skamble1598

huddle1601

plundered1601

promiscual1602

jumbled1611

promiscous1656

bedevilled1755

helter-skelter1785

muddly1829

hugger-mugger1840

wildered1853

pied1870

deurmekaar1871

mixed-up1888

screwed-up1942

snafu1942

scrambled1951

untogether1969

1942 Time 15 June 11/1 Last week U.S. citizens knew that gasoline rationing and rubber requisitioning were snafu.

1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai (1951) xxviii. 245 Situation Snafu... Send for the Seabees.

C. n.

Now usually with a and plural. A confusion or mix-up; a hitch, mishap; muddle, confused state.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder

feery-fary1535

puddle1587

bauchle1600

vertigo1702

whemmel1817

mull1821

mix-up1841

scrimmage1852

embroilment1856

hash-up1860

brangle1865

mucker1867

unplight1876

car wreck1877

mix1882

mess-up1902

stirabout1905

pot mess1914

boorach1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

box1941

Chinese fire drill1943

snafu1943

foul-up1944

screw-up1950

snarl-up1960

tiswas1960

bumble-bath1965

clusterfuck1969

headfuck1983

car crash1992

katogo1994

dumpster fire2008

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > a mishap or unlucky accident

mistideOE

unhapc1230

chancea1300

mischancec1325

mishapa1387

accident?1490

casualtya1513

shrewd turn1565

casuality1574

misaccident1620

mishanter1754

contretemps1809

bust-up1841

pratfall1941

snafu1943

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle

miscarriage1590

bungle1656

bumble1823

boggle1834

muff1867

car wreck1877

mismove1877

miscue1882

muddle1884

bobble1887

mess-up1902

floater1913

bollock1919

fluff1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

snafu1943

foul-up1944

fuck-up1949

clusterfuck1969

car crash1992

dumpster fire2008

omnishambles2009

1943 Yank 10 Sept. 9 They worked hard and steadily, with a minimum of snafu.

1945 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 11 Dec. 10/7 Corporations struggling with the problems of reconversion, strikes, shortages and snafu in general.

1956 C. W. Mills Power Elite viii. 182 The key to the bureaucratic snafu that has often characterized the navy is that as the ships and the guns and the logistics became more technically complicated, the men who ran them acquired rank less by technical specialty than by seniority.

1958 ‘J. Castle’ & A. Hailey Flight into Danger i. 17 It would have to be a big show in Vancouver to justify this snafu.

1963 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 28 Dec. (1970) 23 Pretty soon the German plane rolled in, overshooting the red carpet by a few feet, so there was a slight snafu and they had to hop around to get onto it.

1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1039/1 He must have seen enough ‘snafus’ to make him sceptical of ‘the Brass’.

1976 Guardian 20 Oct. 4/8 As that monumental snafu at Domadedovo attests, Aeroflot's shortcomings are also big ones.

1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xxi. 206 Singer then rehearsed Blackford in emergency instructions to be followed in the hideous event of a snafu.

1980 B. Mason Solo 117 And Holy Moses, what a snafu! Why foul up poor, harmless, gormless Glad?

Derivatives

snafu v. U.S. slang (a) transitive to mess up, to play havoc with; (b) intransitive to go wrong.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > go wrong

mistimeOE

to come evil to pass1481

tread awry1524

mischance1552

to go wrong1592

pall1604

to go haywire1929

snafu1943

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)] > turn out badly, go wrong

run awry1524

to go a shaughraun1830

snafu1943

1943 Yank 19 Nov. 9 Then the Army snafued the romance by transferring Kinser to this post.

1953 Sun (Baltimore) 1 Sept. ( b ed.) 17/2 Eddie had twice this season snafued a batting order and caused men to be called out for swinging out of turn.

1955 ‘J. Christopher’ Year of Comet i. 15 Of course I didn't bring you up here simply to tell you P & M snafued your psychoplan sixteen years ago.

1975 J. Grady Shadow of Condor i. 31 Every now and then something snafus and there is one hell of a mess.

ˈsnafued adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective] > gone wrong

raté1905

snafued1944

misfired1949

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] > amiss, out of order

amissc1325

out of harrea1327

wronga1425

wide1545

misplaced1563

awrya1586

ajar1807

off the rails1848

agley1882

blooey1920

off-centre1930

off base1940

snafued1944

off target1954

off beam1958

1944 Life 16 Oct. 20/2 It is a symbol of SNAFU,..and a star is rated for each snafued campaign after Guadalcanal.

1981 G. Markstein Ultimate Issue 38 My arrangements seemed snafued. I guess the lines got crossed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	snafu
释义	snafuphr.adj.n. /ˈsnafuː/ Forms: Also SNAFU. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of situation normal: all fouled (or fucked) up. slang (chiefly U.S., originally U.S. Military). A. phr. Used acronymically (often with an explanation) as an expression conveying the common soldier's laconic acceptance of the disorder of war and the ineptitude of his superiors. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > catchphrases [phrase] snafu1941 praise the Lord and pass the ammunition1942 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > unskilfully or inadequately [phrase] > bungling ineptitude snafu1941 1941 Amer. Notes & Queries Sept. 94/2 Snafu, situation normal. 1943 Amer. Mercury Nov. 555/2 Snafu—politely translated as ‘situation normal; all fouled up’, to indicate that things are not going too well. 1946 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 51 419 Interestingly, the expression ‘snafu’, derived from this, ‘Situation normal, all f——ed up’, is coming into general civilian use. 1966 Sunday Times 4 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 73/4 GI Jargon... Snafu, Situation normal, all fouled up. 1975 Listener 13 Mar. 349/1 There was a barrack-room mnemonic which fits the ill-starred Dieppe raid: SNAFU, or Situation Normal, All Fouled Up. B. adj. Confused, chaotic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adjective] confusec1384 yblent1426 intermellé1487 farraginary1538 puddled1559 confused1576 promiscuous1579 pell-mell1584 ravelleda1586 mingle-mangle1589 rumblingc1598 skimble-skamble1598 huddle1601 plundered1601 promiscual1602 jumbled1611 promiscous1656 bedevilled1755 helter-skelter1785 muddly1829 hugger-mugger1840 wildered1853 pied1870 deurmekaar1871 mixed-up1888 screwed-up1942 snafu1942 scrambled1951 untogether1969 1942 Time 15 June 11/1 Last week U.S. citizens knew that gasoline rationing and rubber requisitioning were snafu. 1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai (1951) xxviii. 245 Situation Snafu... Send for the Seabees. C. n. Now usually with a and plural. A confusion or mix-up; a hitch, mishap; muddle, confused state. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder feery-fary1535 puddle1587 bauchle1600 vertigo1702 whemmel1817 mull1821 mix-up1841 scrimmage1852 embroilment1856 hash-up1860 brangle1865 mucker1867 unplight1876 car wreck1877 mix1882 mess-up1902 stirabout1905 pot mess1914 boorach1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 box1941 Chinese fire drill1943 snafu1943 foul-up1944 screw-up1950 snarl-up1960 tiswas1960 bumble-bath1965 clusterfuck1969 headfuck1983 car crash1992 katogo1994 dumpster fire2008 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > a mishap or unlucky accident mistideOE unhapc1230 chancea1300 mischancec1325 mishapa1387 accident?1490 casualtya1513 shrewd turn1565 casuality1574 misaccident1620 mishanter1754 contretemps1809 bust-up1841 pratfall1941 snafu1943 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle miscarriage1590 bungle1656 bumble1823 boggle1834 muff1867 car wreck1877 mismove1877 miscue1882 muddle1884 bobble1887 mess-up1902 floater1913 bollock1919 fluff1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 snafu1943 foul-up1944 fuck-up1949 clusterfuck1969 car crash1992 dumpster fire2008 omnishambles2009 1943 Yank 10 Sept. 9 They worked hard and steadily, with a minimum of snafu. 1945 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 11 Dec. 10/7 Corporations struggling with the problems of reconversion, strikes, shortages and snafu in general. 1956 C. W. Mills Power Elite viii. 182 The key to the bureaucratic snafu that has often characterized the navy is that as the ships and the guns and the logistics became more technically complicated, the men who ran them acquired rank less by technical specialty than by seniority. 1958 ‘J. Castle’ & A. Hailey Flight into Danger i. 17 It would have to be a big show in Vancouver to justify this snafu. 1963 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 28 Dec. (1970) 23 Pretty soon the German plane rolled in, overshooting the red carpet by a few feet, so there was a slight snafu and they had to hop around to get onto it. 1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1039/1 He must have seen enough ‘snafus’ to make him sceptical of ‘the Brass’. 1976 Guardian 20 Oct. 4/8 As that monumental snafu at Domadedovo attests, Aeroflot's shortcomings are also big ones. 1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xxi. 206 Singer then rehearsed Blackford in emergency instructions to be followed in the hideous event of a snafu. 1980 B. Mason Solo 117 And Holy Moses, what a snafu! Why foul up poor, harmless, gormless Glad? Derivatives snafu v. U.S. slang (a) transitive to mess up, to play havoc with; (b) intransitive to go wrong. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > go wrong mistimeOE to come evil to pass1481 tread awry1524 mischance1552 to go wrong1592 pall1604 to go haywire1929 snafu1943 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)] > turn out badly, go wrong run awry1524 to go a shaughraun1830 snafu1943 1943 Yank 19 Nov. 9 Then the Army snafued the romance by transferring Kinser to this post. 1953 Sun (Baltimore) 1 Sept. ( b ed.) 17/2 Eddie had twice this season snafued a batting order and caused men to be called out for swinging out of turn. 1955 ‘J. Christopher’ Year of Comet i. 15 Of course I didn't bring you up here simply to tell you P & M snafued your psychoplan sixteen years ago. 1975 J. Grady Shadow of Condor i. 31 Every now and then something snafus and there is one hell of a mess. ˈsnafued adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective] > gone wrong raté1905 snafued1944 misfired1949 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] > amiss, out of order amissc1325 out of harrea1327 wronga1425 wide1545 misplaced1563 awrya1586 ajar1807 off the rails1848 agley1882 blooey1920 off-centre1930 off base1940 snafued1944 off target1954 off beam1958 1944 Life 16 Oct. 20/2 It is a symbol of SNAFU,..and a star is rated for each snafued campaign after Guadalcanal. 1981 G. Markstein Ultimate Issue 38 My arrangements seemed snafued. I guess the lines got crossed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < phr.adj.n.1941
随便看	to be off like a bride's nightie to be off like a redshank to be off on one to be off one's bargain to be off one's feed to be off one's game to be off one's legs to be off one's mark to be off one's nana to be off sick to be off the beam to be off the mark to be off the watch to be off to a —— start to be off with the old love to be off with the old love before one is on with the new to be old dog at to be old news to be on to be on a good wicket to be on a hiding to nothing to be on a person's ass to be on a person's case to be on a person's jack to be on a person's, the other side of the fence