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ginepraio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • quagmire noun An area of soft, wet, boggy ground that traps anything that steps into it.
  • SNAFU noun A confused, chaotic mess or a major mistake, especially one caused by miscommunication or poor planning.

Senses

ginepraio is used for these senses in English:

  • SNAFU A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.
  • hornets' nest (figurative) An unpleasant or controversial situation likely to be exacerbated by outside involvement.
  • quagmire (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.

quagmire — full definition

  1. noun An area of soft, wet, boggy ground that traps anything that steps into it.
  2. noun A complicated, difficult situation that is hard to escape from.

SNAFU — full definition

  1. noun A confused, chaotic mess or a major mistake, especially one caused by miscommunication or poor planning.
  2. verb To mess something up badly.
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