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Clusterfuck

//ˈklʌs.təˌfʌk// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence. idiomatic, slang, vulgar

    "[Colonel Meyers:] That's for sure. What's your assessment of this exercise? [Highway:] It's a cluster fuck."

  2. 2
    A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong wordnet
  3. 3
    A sexual orgy. slang, uncommon, vulgar
Verb
  1. 1
    To fuck (something) up, to make a total mess of. vulgar

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cluster + fuck. Reportedly coined by Hippie poet Ed Sanders as Mongolian Cluster Fuck. First use appears c. 1965 in East Village Other.

Etymology 2

From cluster + fuck. Reportedly coined by Hippie poet Ed Sanders as Mongolian Cluster Fuck. First use appears c. 1965 in East Village Other.

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