- a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount.
- an error or miscalculation, especially one leading to a confused or muddled situation:After some snafu deleted all my data files, I've finally managed to rebuild everything—I think!
- in disorder; out of control; chaotic: What you’re proposing is a snafu scheme that simply won't work.
- to throw into disorder; muddle: Losing his passport snafued the whole vacation.
- confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state
- confused or muddled up, as usual
- to throw into chaos
