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💥 A big mess 💥 To ruin badly
clusterfuck

clusterfuck

10 9.9
A situation that is very messy and badly managed
  • noun
  • /ˈklʌstərˌfʌk/
  • Offensive
translation icon : 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.

    Blog text (30)

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

    Blog text (33)

  • 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.

    Blog text (5)

  • Her campaign has been one of the most incompetently run clusterfucks

    Blog text (1)

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
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
snafu
vsclusterfuck
  • Slang
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
schemozzle
vsclusterfuck
  • Slang
9.9

A confused, messy situation where plans go wrong

highlights poor management and breakdown leading to failure rather than mere disorder
bordel
vsclusterfuck
  • Slang
9.9

A very messy place or situation

stresses bad management and systemic chaos rather than just messiness
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
∞ 1.0

The arrangement of things in a neat sequence

organization
  • US
72 2.7

Arranging people or things in a neat, planned order

How Chaotic

clusterfuck
  • Offensive
10 9.9
disaster
∞ 1.0
debacle
75 8.5
shambles
  • Informal
1 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.