"snafu" means a state of confusion or chaos, a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation. example - Losing his passport snafued the whole vacation. SNAFU (a military slang) stands for the "situation normal: all f**ked up". It means that the situation is bad, but that this is a normal state of affairs. Synonyms are - blooper, blunder, confusion, difficult situation, mess up, bungle

Snafu (slang) As a noun, it means a confused or chaotic state; a mess. As an adjective, it means in utter confusion. Synonyms: mess, disorder, chaos, mix-up thefreedictionary.com

Snafu (noun) means "a delay caused by incompetence (lack of abilities)." For example, it is a snafu when a foolish secretary deleted the presentation files and caused the meeting to start very late. Synonyms can be 'delay', 'holdup' or 'hindrance.' Snafu (verb) means to spoil or to cause a situation to be confused or delayed. Example: The secretary snafued the business meeting when she deleted the presentation files. [source: Encarta Dictionary]