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total freakjob

total freakjob

9.9
A very chaotic and difficult task or situation
  • noun
  • Offensive
translation icon : desmadre
  • Organizing the festival turned out to be a total freakjob due to all the last-minute changes.

Examples

  • The meeting turned into a total freakjob when everyone started arguing.

  • The last assignment was a total freakjob that nobody knew how to handle.

  • He said his experience with the renovation was a total freakjob from start to finish.

  • This project is a total freakjob!

  • He said his experience with the renovation was a total freakjob from start to finish.

  • Organizing the festival turned out to be a total freakjob due to all the last-minute changes.

  • The last assignment was a total freakjob that nobody knew how to handle.

Synonyms

one hell of a mess
vstotal freakjob
  • NSFW
2 8.4

A very large, messy situation that is hard to fix

is about unusual or problematic situations rather than mainly size or difficulty
dog's breakfast
vstotal freakjob
  • UK
1 9.5

A situation or job that is very messy and done badly

is about extreme or unusual chaos rather than merely poor workmanship
total shitfuck
vstotal freakjob
  • Offensive
9.9

A situation that is very messy and badly managed

is chaotic and problematic but less explicitly catastrophic than that description
real fuckcake
vstotal freakjob
  • Offensive
9.9

A situation that is very messy and badly organized

is similar in meaning but lacks the vulgar or slang tone

Antonyms

35 1.0

The usual or expected state

How Problematic

total freakjob
  • Offensive
9.9
mess
1.0
problem
1.2
minor detail
6 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

total + freakjob

Although 'freakjob' is not a standard dictionary item, its parts are analyzable as 'freak' (strange/intense) + 'job' (task), and the intensifier 'total' makes the meaning 'completely strange/problematic task' readily inferable. Because the item is slangy/nonce and the exact evaluative nuance (chaotic, pejorative, or merely unusual) is unpredictable without prior exposure, it is not fully transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

The phrase total freakjob may come from putting freak (something very strange or out of control) and job (a task) together. The picture is of a task that goes completely crazy, so it is used to mean 'an extremely unusual, chaotic, or problematic situation or task'.