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
James KratchSo 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
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The power of one...the power of two...the power of not many people actually watching this dumpster fire.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
The gathering dumpster fire engulfing the Phoenix ignited earlier this week when Gottlieb set off an X spat with ESPN’s Adam Schefter over whether Sacramento State (a school that is neither in Green Bay’s conference nor region) had secured $50 million in NIL money for its football players.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Securing The Future Of AI The AI software supply chain may currently be a dumpster fire, but organizations have the tools and strategies to extinguish the flames.
—Steve Wilson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Outside of a couple of Jameis Winston hot streaks that produced divisional upsets, the offense has been a dumpster fire all season.
—Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
The gathering dumpster fire engulfing the Phoenix ignited earlier this week when Gottlieb set off an X spat with ESPN’s Adam Schefter over whether Sacramento State (a school that is neither in Green Bay’s conference nor region) had secured $50 million in NIL money for its football players.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Securing The Future Of AI The AI software supply chain may currently be a dumpster fire, but organizations have the tools and strategies to extinguish the flames.
—Steve Wilson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Outside of a couple of Jameis Winston hot streaks that produced divisional upsets, the offense has been a dumpster fire all season.
—Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Dumpster fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumpster%20fire. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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