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

And would the evening acknowledge the world outside Hollywood — that is to say, the world outside the picture business — in this year of fires and dumpster fires? —Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2025

The Arizona Bowl was a dumpster fire lit right under Snoop Dogg’s nose. —Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025

Deion Sanders Can Change The Dallas Cowboys Culture Prior to Sanders arriving in Boulder, the Colorado Buffaloes were a complete dumpster fire. —Vincent Frank, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025

In many ways, 2025 already feels like a dumpster fire. —Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2006, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dumpster fire

• acquire
• attire
• bonfire
• campfire
• ceasefire
• conspire
• desire
• enquire
• entire
• greenbrier
• gunfire
• homebuyer