SNAFU

thumb|right|Private Snafu was a series of instructional cartoons devised by [[Frank Capra and produced by Warner Brothers animators such as Chuck Jones for the US Army during World War II.|232x232px]] thumb|200x200px|The song "SNAFU, What is the Meaning of SNAFU?" was sung by Mitzi Mayfair, Carole Landis, and Martha Raye for the 1944 film Four Jills in a Jeep. The scene would be cut from the final release of the film, but existed independently and is still available. SNAFU is an acronym that is widely used to stand for the sarcastic expression "Situation normal: all fucked up". It is an example of military acronym slang. The phrase "all fucked up" is sometimes replaced with "all fouled up" or similar. It means that the situation is bad, but that this is a normal state of affairs. The acronym is believed to have originated in the United States Marine Corps during World War II.

In modern usage, SNAFU is used to describe running into an error or problem that is large and unexpected. For example, in 2005, The New York Times published an article titled "Hospital Staff Cutback Blamed for Test Result Snafu". SNAFU also sometimes refers to a bad situation, mistake, or cause of trouble, and it is sometimes used as an interjection.