A family-friendly euphemism for "clusterfuck" — used when you want to convey total, multi-layered, catastrophic disorganization without actually dropping an expletive.
A family-friendly euphemism for "clusterfuck" — used when you want to convey total, multi-layered, catastrophic disorganization without actually dropping an expletive. A clusterbumble is not just one thing going wrong: it's everything going wrong simultaneously in ways that compound each other. The word works in professional settings, around kids, and in polite company where the original term would raise eyebrows. The slightly silly sound of "bumble" actually reinforces the chaotic, blundering quality of the situation being described.
The product launch was an absolute clusterbumble — the website crashed, the emails went to spam, and the keynote speaker got food poisoning.
Add your own interpretation of "clusterbumble".
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.
Browse all slang words starting with C.
(slang, vulgar, idiomatic) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence.
(slang, vulgar) incompetent disorganization; chaos.
(vulgar) To fuck (something) up, to make a total mess of.
(slang, vulgar, sexuality, uncommon) A sexual orgy.
No comments yet — say something.
(slang, euphemistic) A clusterfuck.
No comments yet — say something.