Hyphenation
sna·fuTurkish pronunciation
snäfuSynonyms
blooper,
blunder,
bungle,
confusion,
error,
false step,
faux pas,
flub,
foul-up,
goof-up,
mess,
miscalculation,
misjudgment,
misunderstanding,
mix-upPronunciation
/ˈsnafo͞o/ /ˈsnæfuː/
Etymology
[ sna-'fü, 'sna-"fü ] (noun.) circa 1941. The term was born during WWII as an acronym of the initials of the words situation normal, all fucked up, which summed up the chaos and confusion of the war from an individual soldier’s point of view.