dumpster fire
noun
- a fire in a garbage dumpster
- a generally messed up situation
- slang referring to something so bad it resembles burning garbage
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmpstəˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ / /ˈdʌmpstəˈfaɪə(ɹ)/ / /ˈdʌmpstɚˈfaɪəɹ/
noun
Etymology: The figurative sense connotes that things that were already contemptible (as if trash) are now also even worse (as if aflame).
- A chaotic, unpleasant, unmanageable thing, situation, or person; a disaster.
“As honeymoons go, this was a total dumpster fire.”
“Illinois football and the entire university are in a state of mayhem. . . . Illinois athletics is a dumpster fire right now.”
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dumpster, fire.
“The dumpster fire was ruled an arson.”