dumpster fire



dumpster fire

slang A complete and utter disaster or a completely chaotic situation, likened to a fire in a dumpster, which quickly becomes uncontrollable. The phrase can be applied to both situations and people. As you might imagine, a 17-1 loss was a dumpster fire. That intern spilled coffee himself yesterday and accidentally laminated his tie today. He's a total dumpster fire.
See also: fire

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Simisola-Western African, Yoruba
Eadburg-Anglo-Saxon
Marjan (1)mahr-YAHNDutch
LamprechtLAHMP-rekht (German)German (Archaic), Ancient Germanic
Lachina-Scottish
AynIENVarious