cluster fuck
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cluster fuck (plural cluster fucks)
- (US, UK, military, slang) A confusing or chaotic situation or event, often caused by a failure of communication, an excessive number of people attempting to accomplish a given task, or a complex environment.
- 1986, Clint Eastwood, Heartbreak Ridge, IMDB tt0091187, tt0091187
- When asked how he thought the military exercise went, Highway responded, "It's a cluster fuck. ".
- 1990, Stephen King, Dark Half, ISBN 0451167317, p. 151
- They had a name for something like this in the army—a cluster fuck. Yes. Good name. ... He was sitting here in the middle of a great big cluster fuck.
- 2004, Ray Kopp, Thunder in the Night: A Sailor's Perspective on Vietnam, ISBN 189245128X, p. 87
- My cousin was in the Army over here in '68. He says don't trust anybody to know what they're doing, calls it a cluster-fuck. Fucked-up-beyond- all-repair, FUBAR he says.
- 1986, Clint Eastwood, Heartbreak Ridge, IMDB tt0091187, tt0091187
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