: a situation marked by errors or confusion : muddle
also
: an error causing such a situation
a scheduling snafu
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Joel Khalili, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024
In one snafu, Boring workers dug too close to a pillar for the Las Vegas monorail, and the convention center authority had to briefly shut the monorail down while determining whether the pillar had become unstable.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
Weiner says the gruesome equipment snafu originated as a family story: His grandfather once ran over his own shoe with a push-reel mower.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
Not even a sudden shoe snafu could stop Doutzen Kroes' on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The fumbled token launch, then, is the latest in a series of mishaps and snafus to befall the World Liberty Financial project.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024
In one snafu, Boring workers dug too close to a pillar for the Las Vegas monorail, and the convention center authority had to briefly shut the monorail down while determining whether the pillar had become unstable.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
Weiner says the gruesome equipment snafu originated as a family story: His grandfather once ran over his own shoe with a push-reel mower.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
Not even a sudden shoe snafu could stop Doutzen Kroes' on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Snafu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snafu. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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