SNAFU is an acronym meaning Situation Normal; All Fucked Up. It is sometimes bowdlerized to Situation Normal: All Fouled Up or similar.[1] The acronym is believed to have originated in the US Army during World War II.
In modern usage snafu is sometimes used as an interjection. Snafu also sometimes refers to a bad situation, mistake, or cause of trouble. For example, in 2005 the The New York Times had an article titled “Hospital Staff Cutback Blamed for Test Result Snafu”.[2]
Variations
- AMF-YOYO – Adios Mother Fucker, You’re On Your Own
- BOHICA – Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
- “Charlie Foxtrot” – From the NATO phonetic alphabet letters C and F, meaning Cluster Fuck
- DILLIGAS – Do I Look Like I Give A Shit
- DILLIGAFF – Do I Look Like I Give A Flying Fuck
- FIDO – Fuck It-Drive On
- FIGMO – Fuck It, I Got My Orders – Viet Nam 1968
- FIIH – Fuck it, I’m Hungry
- FISHDO – Fuck It, Shit Happens – Drive On
- FIFI – Fuck It-Fly It
- FUBAB – Fucked Up Beyond All Belief
- FUBAR – Fucked Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition/Reason
- FUBB – Fucked Up Beyond Belief
- FUBIJAR – Fuck You Bitch, I’m Just a Reservist (US Army Reserve)
- FUBISO – Fuck You Buddy, I’m Shipping Out
- FUJIGMO – Fuck You Jack, I Got My Orders
- FUMTU – Fucked Up More Than Usual
- HSTSFU – Holy Shit This Shit is Fucked Up
- JANFU – Joint Army-Navy Fuck Up
- KMACYOYO – Kiss My Ass Colonel, You’re On Your Own
- SNAFUBAR – Situation Normal: All Fucked Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition/Reason
- SOL – Shit Out of Luck
- SRDH – Shit Rolls Down Hills
- SSDD – Same Shit, Different Day
- SSDWI – Shit Sucks, Deal With It
- SUSFU – Situation Unchanged, Still Fucked Up
- TARFU – Things Are Really Fucked Up, or Totally and Royally Fucked Up
- TASFUWMAWST – Things Are So Fucked Up, We Might As Well Stop Trying
- TAUFU – Totally And Utterly Fucked Up
- WTFYFFU – What The Fuck, You Fucking Fuck Up