2016年6月29日 星期三

omnishambles, "This is a shitshow logjam."



"This is a shitshow logjam."



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omnishambles 

Pronunciation: /ˈɒmnɪʃamb(ə)lz/ 

NOUN

British informal
A situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations:anyone with five minutes to spare, a Maths GCSE, and a calculator could have averted the entire omnishambles by checking the civil servants' sums

Origin

Early 21st century: from omni- + shambles, first used in the British satirical television seriesThe Thick of It.

shitshow 

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪtʃəʊ/ 

NOUN

US vulgar slang
A situation or event marked by chaos or controversy.


logjamlog-jam
noun
1 [C usually singular] a situation in which neither group involved in an argument can win or get an advantage and no action can be taken:
This is the latest attempt to break the logjam in the peace process.

2 [C] a mass of floating logs that block a river interact Show phonetics
verb [I]
to communicate with or react to:
Dominique's teacher says that she interacts well with the other children.
It's interesting at parties to see how people interact socially.
We are studying how these two chemicals interact.

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