clusterfuck
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clusterfuck
- /ˈklʌs.təˌfʌk/ UK
- /ˈklʌs.tɚˌfʌk/ US
Where it comes from
From cluster + fuck. Reportedly coined by Hippie poet Ed Sanders as Mongolian Cluster Fuck. First attested in c. 1965 in East Village Other.
noun clusterfucks · cluster fuck · cluster-fuck
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A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence.
[Colonel Meyers:] That's for sure. What's your assessment of this exercise? [Highway:] It's a cluster fuck.
Similar: CF, Charlie Foxtrot, cluster, clusterball, clusterbumble, fustercluck
- A sexual orgy.
Similar: car crash, comedy of errors, debacle, dumpster fire, dysfunction, fiasco, FUBAR, goatfuck, goat rope, gong show, imbroglio, omnishambles, quagmire, SNAFU, train wreck
verb clusterfucks · clusterfucking · clusterfucked · cluster fuck · cluster-fuck
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To fuck (something) up, to make a total mess of.
Similar: CF, cluster, clusterball, fustercluck
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: car crash, comedy of errors, debacle, dumpster fire, dysfunction, fiasco, FUBAR, goatfuck, goat rope, gong show, imbroglio, omnishambles, quagmire, SNAFU, train wreck
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noun chaotic situation
| Español | pifostio |
|---|---|
| Português | bordel, zona |
| Français | bordel, merdier, caillon, foutoir |
| Deutsch | Riesenkacke, Riesenscheiße, Riesenchaos, Riesenfiasko |
| Italiano | bordello, macello, casino |
| Русский | по́лная жо́па pólnaja žópa, пизде́ц pizdéc, барда́к bardák |
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