clusterfuck

traditionally/originally of military origin.

today, however, “cl-sterf-ck” is commonly used to descriptively generalize any situation with a large scale of disarray.

possibly synonyms: mess, disaster
1. “don’t go full r-t-rd with the teargas at 6-7pm on a sunday. when mr and mrs cheung would be watching their poor little, hugo on the news. it was a total cl-sterf-ck”
2. “well, that concert was a cl-sterf-ck.”
3. “did you see the cl-sterf-ck of a traffic jam on main st.?”
4. “that house party turned into a giant cl-sterf-ck once those cops showed up!”
“don’t go full r-t-rd with the teargas at 6-7pm on a sunday. when mr and mrs cheung would be watching their poor little, hugo on the news. it was a total cl-sterf-ck”
military term for an operation in which multiple things have gone wrong. related to “snafu” (situation normal, all f-cked up”) and “fubar” (f-cked up beyond all repair).

in radio communication or polite conversation (i.e. with a very senior officer with whom you have no prior experience) the term “cl-sterf-ck” will often be replaced by the nato phonetic acronym “charlie foxtrot.”
by the time the artillery came in the enemy was already on top of us. it was a total cl-sterf-ck.
traditionally/originally of military origin.

today, however, “cl-sterf-ck” is commonly used to descriptively generalize any situation with a large scale of disarray.

possibly synonyms: mess, disaster
1. “well, that concert was a cl-sterf-ck.”
2. “did you see the cl-sterf-ck of a traffic jam on main st.?”
3. “that house party turned into a giant cl-sterf-ck once those cops showed up!”
miltary term for a situation caused by too many inept officers, cl-ster referring to the insignia worn my majors and lt. colenels, oak leaf cl-sters.
the planning for this operation was a complete cl-ster f-ck.
military use: a situation where nothing will go right, casaulties will occur, evac will not happen, often engineered by the stupid.
“the bradley got brewed up at the same time inbound arty started dropping, and the whole deal turned into a giant cl-ster f-ck.
a situation that is totally f-cked up, especially as a result of managerial incompetence.

originally of military origin; a double play on the word “cl-ster,” both evoking multiple f-ckups, as used in the term “cl-ster bomb,” and evoking the oak leaf or star “cl-ster” insignia of the remf who did the f-cking.
military: “f-ck, i heard wilkins bought it last night going into that ‘headquarters building.’ the f-cker was sh-t empty except for the ied that blew him to h-ll. took two other guys’ legs off and sh-t. whose goddamed idea was that whole cl-sterf-ck, anyway?”

civilian: “that big dig is a complete cl-sterf-ck from end to end. over budget, over due, and now under water.”

incorrect, but sounds like fun: “the three of us got together and cl-sterf-cked all night.”
large quant-ty of confused people in a disorganized manner.
sorry i’m late, it was a real cl-sterf-ck on main street.
military origin, but in general usage.

a total and complete failure due to someone’s idiocy.

also known as “charlie foxtrot”.
don’t let jon touch that computer, he’s a walking charlie foxtrot.

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