Usually means: Situation normal, all fouled up.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word snafu:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. snafu: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. snafu: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. snafu: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. snafu: Collins English Dictionary
  5. snafu: Vocabulary.com
  6. Snafu, snafu: Wordnik
  7. snafu: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. SNAFU, snafu: Wiktionary
  9. snafu: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. snafu: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. snafu: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. snafu: Dictionary.com
  13. snafu: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. snafu: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. snafu: Rhymezone
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  18. snafu: Free Dictionary
  19. snafu: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. snafu: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  21. snafu: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SNAFU: Netlingo
  2. SNAFU: CCI Computer
  3. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. SNAFU: Acronym Finder
  2. snafu: A Word A Day
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. snafu: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SNAFU: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. S.N.A.F.U, S.N.A.F.U: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snafu: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

(Note: See snafued as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A ridiculously chaotic situation.
noun:  A major glitch or breakdown.
verb:  (military, slang) To screw up or foul up.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of SNAFU [A ridiculously chaotic situation.]

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