clusterfuck

Military term for an operation in which multiple things have gone wrong. Related to "SNAFU" (Situation Normal, All Fucked Up") and "FUBAR" (Fucked 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 "clusterfuck" 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 clusterfuck.

by Anonymous October 18, 2003

Clusterfuck

South Sudan.

"If you looked up clusterfuck in a dictionary, well you wouldn't find anything because clusterfuck isn't a real word. But if it was, there would probably be a picture of South Sudan next to it."

by digeridoo. March 5, 2021

Clusterfuck

A way to describe the current economic state and quality of life in South Sudan.

"Did you hear about South Sudan?"
"Yeah, it's a real clusterfuck"

by blairjohnstone June 15, 2021

clusterfuck

Traditionally/originally of military origin.

Today, however, "clusterfuck" is commonly used to descriptively generalize any situation with a large scale of disarray.

possibly synonyms: mess, disaster

1. "Well, that concert was a clusterfuck."
2. "Did you see the clusterfuck of a traffic jam on Main St.?"
3. "That house party turned into a giant clusterfuck once those cops showed up!"

by Pat N. April 11, 2006

Clusterfuck

South Sudan.. Yes South Sudan its a ginormous Clusterfuck

Wow South Sudan is a Clusterfuck

by Yeetmonkey123 December 7, 2018

Clusterfuck

Shawnee High School or having a nature or atmosphere related in any way to Shawnee High School

Hey have you ever been to Shawnee High School? Yeah that place is an absolute Clusterfuck.

by Dickballs420 February 6, 2023

clusterfuck

A combination of things going extremely wrong in a short period of time within the same general activity -- caused by stupidity and/or ineptitude.

A polite term using the same initials would be compound fiasco.

This PR fiasco is a gigantic clusterfuck.

by Scandacious March 18, 2004