dumpster fire

noun

variants or less commonly Dumpster fire

US, informal

: an utterly calamitous or mismanaged situation or occurrence : disaster

Reese and McAdoo take the fall for what has been a dumpster fire of a season, one which has them at 2-10 on the season, and in line for one of the top two picks in the 2018 NFL Draft.—

James Kratch

So while 2017 has been, by many measures, a complete dumpster fire of a year, New Yorkers can at the very least take refuge in the fact that their city is becoming an even safer place to live.—

Clayton Guse

Examples of dumpster fire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Instead Uruguay and Panama go on and the U.S. deals with this dumpster fire. —

Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024 Other videos showed children and teen protesters walking near to dumpster fires. —

Lauren Izso, CNN, 30 June 2024 Speaking of red, send fire engines to extinguish the dumpster fire that ... —

Brian T. Allen, National Review, 29 June 2024 Witnesses first called 911 reporting a dumpster fire, FDNY officials said. —

Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for dumpster fire

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Word History

First Known Use

2006, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of dumpster fire was in 2006

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