balagan

Israeli Hebrew word, originally Russian. Foul up. Similar to U.S. military SNAFU.

"For political reasons we let the Arabs attack on Yom Kippur? Balagan!"

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fuck a duck

As used in engineering: A post-disaster exclamation.

"The servo faulted again. Fuck a duck."

Also extreme circumstances:

"This isn't going to work - it hasn't got enough torque. Fuck a fucking duck."

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