omnishambles en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɒmniˌʃæmbəlz/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From omni- + shambles. Introduced by the television show The Thick of It in 2009.
Meanings
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(UK, informal) A situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.
Between the car accident, the food poisoning and the lost keys, the holiday was an omnishambles.
Rail unions also rounded on ministers to intervene in the energy "omnishambles", with ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan calling on the Government to "do the right thing for people, the right thing for business, and the right thing for our rail network. Because it is also the right thing for our planet."
2021 October 20, Paul Stephens, “Network News: Electricity prices force Freightliner to revert to diesel”, in RAIL, number 942, page 7:Near-synonyms: clusterfuck, debacle, fiasco, hot mess, perfect storm, shit show, shitstorm
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| omnishambles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
perfect storm · shit show · hot mess · clusterfuck · shitstorm · fiasco · debacle