SNAFU is a World War II military acronym for 'Situation Normal, All Fucked Up,' expressing resigned acceptance of institutional chaos.
A confused or chaotic situation; a mistake or blunder.
An acronym from World War II military slang: Situation Normal, All Fucked Up. It emerged from the US Army and Marines as sardonic commentary on the routine dysfunction of military bureaucracy. The polite version substitutes 'fouled' for the original expletive.