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How to pronounce snafu in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fucked-up
Type Words
Type of blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, fuckup, pratfall, foul-up, bloomer
Type Words
Type of embrangle, snarl, snarl up

Examples of snafu

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It was very much the case that only people that smart could create such a snafu.
From the forbes.com
I went to my nurse practitioner today and told her about my little refill snafu.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Rogan says the snafu caused him family problems and cost him a chance for a job.
From the time.com
Granted, the episode was a minor snafu, of interest mainly to political insiders.
From the time.com
Razorfish's highest-profile snafu was its work for talent-promotion site IAM.com.
From the businessweek.com
If there is a long weekend, or some other snafu, then I take delivery on Tuesday.
From the economist.com
Also notable was a serious snafu by the AP in its advance story about the speech.
From the dallasnews.com
A prolific Twitter user, McCotter tweeted his statement about the signature snafu.
From the freep.com
Another Colorado kicking snafu eliminated any hope of halftime respectability.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Fucked-up: snarled or stalled in complete confusion; "situation normal--all fucked-up"
  • Cause to be in a state of complete confusion
  • Snafu is the first album by Snafu. An unusual funky tone for what is essentially an R&B band. Cover art (including entire gatefold sleeve inner) by Roger Dean.
  • Snafu was a British Rhythm and Blues/ rock band of the 1970s featuring vocalist Bobby Harrison and the talented slide guitarist Micky Moody.
  • Snafu is a US Funk/ rock/ Reggae band featuring vocalist/guitarist Phillip Bonanno, drummer Ryan Plummer, and bassist Steve Taylor.
  • Snafu is a video game released by Mattel for its Intellivision video game system in 1981. One of a number of similar video games released in the early 1980s, Snafu features players controlling ever-lengthening serpents as they attempt to corner their opponents and trap them.
  • A ridiculously chaotic situation; A major glitch or breakdown; fouled up
  • Alternative spelling of SNAFU
  • Confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state; an embarrassing mistake [from s(ituation) n(ormal): a(ll) f(ucked) u(p)]