'snafu (sna-FOO, SNA-foo) noun... A bad situation, especially one resulting from incompetence... adjective... Marked by confusion; chaotic... verb tr.... To throw into disorder or confusion... [US military acronym from Situation Normal, All F**ked Up, also euphemistically, Situation Normal, All Fouled Up. Note: We've asterisked the F word here to make sure this newsletter doesn't get held by the nanny software.]... "But the Burger King snafu is potentially damaging, Cohen said."... Scott Leith; Coke on Thin Ice With Burger King; The Monterey Herald (California); Jun 19, 2003... "In a conference call, chief executive Steve Snyder said the snafu was `literally a cut-and-paste error in an Excel spreadsheet that we did not detect ...'" Drew Cullen; Excel Snafu Costs Firm $24m; The Register (UK), Jun 19, 2003.
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