💥 A big mess 💥 To ruin badly

clusterfuck

8 9.9

A situation that is very messy and badly managed

noun
/ˈklʌstərˌfʌk/

Offensive

: puto desastre (vulgar)

The meeting turned into a complete clusterfuck when no one could agree on the agenda.
a total clusterfuck
a real clusterfuck

And this is the first time where it feels like it's been a clusterfuck like he hasn't.

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Examples

After all the miscommunication, the project became a total clusterfuck that no one could fix.
Best laid plans can turn into a gigantic clusterfuck.

Vigilante Diaries (2016)
Right now, I wanna know why this clusterfuck of a deal is dead in the water!

Limitless (2011)
How did marriage and kids look like such a hot idea before you had it and like such a clusterfuck after you got it?

Fiction book (1997)
Talk about a clusterfuck; some are now bringing in race.

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Far less so than the clusterfuck that was the war in Iraq.

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And that was a glorious clusterfuck.

6 Underground (2019)
Some of us couldn't file taxes earlier because of the clusterfuck that is the tax code.

Blog text (22)
Yes, humanity has faced various clusterfucks in the past and will face them in the future.

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Her campaign has been one of the most incompetently run clusterfucks

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Synonyms

one hell of a mess

vsclusterfuck

NSFW

2 8.4

A very large, messy situation that is hard to fix

focuses on extreme size and difficulty rather than on management failures

snafu

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Slang

1 9.9

In a state of complete confusion because of a mistake or bad planning

focuses on widespread chaotic mismanagement that causes everything to go wrong

bordel

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Slang

1 9.9

A very messy place or situation

stresses bad management and systemic chaos rather than just messiness

real fuckcake

vsclusterfuck

Offensive

9.9

A situation that is very messy and badly organized

is the more general term without the slang label

complete buttfuck

vsclusterfuck

Offensive

9.9

A very bad, chaotic situation used as rude slang

is similar but focuses more on widespread chaos and poor management

total shitfuck

vsclusterfuck

Offensive

9.9

A situation that is very messy and badly managed

is the general term stressing chaotic failure rather than disaster tone

schemozzle

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Slang

9.9

A confused, messy situation where plans go wrong

highlights poor management and breakdown leading to failure rather than mere disorder

kick bollocks scramble

vsclusterfuck

Offensive

9.9

A chaotic rushed situation that happens because of poor planning

refers to extreme chaos and failure even when not caused by rush or urgency

Antonyms

order

826 1.0

The arrangement of things in a neat sequence

organization

61 2.7

Arranging people or things in a neat, planned order

How Chaotic

clusterfuck

Offensive

8 9.9

disaster

∞ 1.0

debacle

77 8.5

shambles

Informal

35 5.5

mess

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

clusterfuck singular

clusterfucks plural

Morphology

clusterfuck = cluster + fuck (semi-transparent) = cluster + fuck

The components 'cluster' and 'fuck' are clear, but the compound is a coarse slang idiom whose exact force and usage (intensifier for a chaotic failure) is idiomatic rather than strictly compositional.

Etymology

Clusterfuck is a rude slang word made from cluster ('group') and fuck ('to ruin' or 'make a mess'). So, imagine a whole group or plan so tangled and ruined that nothing works, which is why clusterfuck means an extremely chaotic, badly managed situation.