OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12148

clusterfuck

/ˈklʌs.təˌfʌk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pifostio
A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence.
1989: P. J. O'Rourke, Holidays in Hell "Mongolian Cluster Fuck" is the technical term journalists use for a preplanned, wholly scripted, news-free event.
[Colonel Meyers:] That's for sure. What's your assessment of this exercise? [Highway:] It's a cluster fuck.