Definition of cluster fuck
cluster fuck 
- A mess, a really bad situation. I think it actually comes from a term used to describe it when the fishing nets on Alaskan boats get all tangled up.
What a clusterfuck!
Last edited on Jun 29 1998. Submitted by Karen from Seattle, WA, USA on Jun 29 1998.
- a disturbance causing confusion; RUCKUS; COMMOTION.
The kid dropped the dishes and caused one big clusterfuck.
Last edited on Dec 03 1998. Submitted by Matt P. from Paden City, WV, USA on Dec 03 1998.
- very messy, messed-up or disorganized.
After the party, my whole house is a clusterfuck.
Last edited on Nov 04 1999. Submitted by Betsy M. from Columbia, MO, USA on Nov 04 1999.
- an ill-organized, clutter of equipment and people, all of which create a commotion. 2. an orgy.
This job site is a complete clusterfuck.
Last edited on Feb 24 2000. Submitted by Mark T. from Beebe, AR, USA on Feb 24 2000.
- to get uptight 2. to get all confused.
Don't get all Cluster-fucked!
Last edited on Nov 07 2001. Submitted by steve m. from Shirland, IL, USA on Nov 07 2001.
- Everything is going wrong. Full of confusion or uncertainty.
This whole situation is just a big clusterfuck.
Last edited on Dec 11 2001. Submitted by Adam S. from Mesquite, TX, USA on Dec 11 2001.
- (n): When circumstances become so outrageously fucked-up (see fucked-up) that they cannot be repaired, fixed, ignored or blamed on someone else.
This engineering project has turned into a total cluster-fuck.
Last edited on Jan 09 2002. Submitted by Jeff M. from Austin, TX, USA on Jan 09 2002.
- Used to describe a situation when multiple aspects of one project goes wrong.
The whole surgical procedure was one big clusterfuck.
Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Josh V. from Wynantskill, NY, USA on Aug 22 2002.
noun
- an unorganized mess, which will be difficult to organize again. Some examples of "cluster fucks": a car pileup, a messy room, an unorganized meeting.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mess.
Last edited on Nov 29 2001. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.
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Other terms relating to 'a mess': | |
| Definitions include: something extremely disorganized. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit." | |
| Definitions include: to look disorderly, undesirable. | |
| Definitions include: to end an intimate relationship with someone. | |
| Definitions include: Acronym for "situation normal, all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: a chaotic event. | |
| Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below. | |
| Definitions include: US Army phonetics for "CF", an acronym of cluster fuck. | |
| Definitions include: confused, ruined; "messed up". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "God awful mess". | |
| Definitions include: of superior quality, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: to use one or more kludges (as described in the noun sense) to solve a problem. | |
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Other terms relating to 'cluster': | |
| Definitions include: Short for 'cluster fuck'. | |
| Definitions include: More satisfying variant of the annoying adosescent term, "Group Hug" used by giddy west coast girls. | |
| Definitions include: the one responsible for the cluster fuck. | |
Other terms relating to 'fuck': | |
| Definitions include: "fuck you". | |
| Definitions include: absolutely. | |
| Definitions include: very absolutely. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "adios mother fucker." | |
| Definitions include: an intensifier. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is stupid or doing something dumb. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "bad-ass mother fucker". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "big fucking deal." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for Butt-Fuck, Egypt. | |
| Definitions include: Stands for big fucking nowhere i.e. suburbs | |
| Definitions include: to over-think something, well beyond what is needed; to consider and reconsider and reconsider again often leading to an inability to make a decision. | |
| Definitions include: A so called friend that's fucking one of your ex-girlfriends or girlfriend without your expressed consent or permission | |
| Definitions include: "butt fuck". | |
| Definitions include: of a person, crazy. | |
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