fucked-up
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Definition
- Adjective:
- In a state of complete confusion, disorder, or disarray: Used to describe a situation, system, or thing that is severely dysfunctional, chaotic, or not working correctly.
- Mentally or emotionally disturbed; in a bad psychological state: Used informally to describe a person who is psychologically damaged, traumatized, or behaving in a very irrational way.
- Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs: Used informally to describe someone who is heavily drunk or high on drugs.
Usage
This is a highly informal and vulgar slang term. It is considered offensive and should be used with extreme caution, typically only in very casual settings among close acquaintances who use similar language. It is not appropriate for formal, academic, or professional contexts.
Examples
- Describing a situation:
- After the merger, the company's filing system was completely fucked-up; no one could find anything.
- The traffic was so fucked-up this morning that I was an hour late.
- Describing a person's mental/emotional state:
- He's been really fucked-up since he came back from the war.
- Don't listen to her; she's too fucked-up to know what she's saying.
- Describing intoxication:
- They got totally fucked-up at the party last night.
Advanced Usage
- "All fucked-up": An intensified phrase meaning entirely confused, broken, or dysfunctional. Often abbreviated as "AFU" or "SNAFU" (Situation Normal: All Fucked-Up).
- The project timeline is all fucked-up since the lead developer quit.
- As a predicate adjective following linking verbs like "be," "get," "look," or "seem."
- Things really got fucked-up after you left.
Variants and Related Words
- Fuck up (verb phrase): To make a serious mistake; to ruin or damage something.
- I really fucked up the presentation.
- Fuck-up (noun): A serious mistake or blunder; a person who consistently makes mistakes.
- Missing the flight was a major fuck-up.
- He's a total fuck-up; he can't keep a job.
Synonyms
- Messed-up: Less vulgar, but similar in meaning for disorder or psychological state.
- Screwed-up: Slightly less vulgar synonym.
- Chaotic: Formal for a disordered situation.
- Dysfunctional: Formal for something not operating normally.
- Disturbed: Formal for a troubled psychological state.
Related Phrases
- Clusterfuck (n, vulgar): An even more vulgar term for a situation of utter chaos and mismanagement.
- SNAFU (n/acronym): A semi-euphemistic, military-origin acronym standing for "Situation Normal: All Fucked-Up," describing a predictably chaotic state.
Adjective
- snarled or stalled in complete confusion
- situation normal--all fucked-up