clusterfuck
noun
- a complex and utterly disordered and mismanaged situation : a muddled mess
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈklʌs.təˌfʌk/ / /ˈklʌs.tɚˌfʌk/
noun
Etymology: From cluster + fuck. Reportedly coined by Hippie poet Ed Sanders as Mongolian Cluster Fuck. First use appears c. 1965 in East Village Other.
- A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence.
“[Colonel Meyers:] That's for sure. What's your assessment of this exercise? [Highway:] It's a cluster fuck.”
“1989: P. J. O'Rourke, Holidays in Hell "Mongolian Cluster Fuck" is the technical term journalists use for a preplanned, wholly scripted, news-free event.”
- A sexual orgy.
verb
Etymology: From cluster + fuck. Reportedly coined by Hippie poet Ed Sanders as Mongolian Cluster Fuck. First use appears c. 1965 in East Village Other.
- To fuck (something) up, to make a total mess of.