Is "clusterfuck" one word or two?
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Wed Jan-23-08 03:51 PM
Is "clusterfuck" one word or two?
I thought it was one word, but the DU spell check suggests either keeping it as two words or hyphenating it.
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Wed Jan-23-08 03:53 PMOriginal message
1. When my basic training drill sergeant yelled it at us
it sounded like two distinct words.
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Wed Jan-23-08 04:22 PMReply #1
2. Ha! I should know better than to question the DU spell check
and/or your drill sergeant, who would probably know.
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Wed Jan-23-08 04:24 PMOriginal message
3. Yes. It is definitely one or two words.
After that, I can't help you out. Though, with the word "cluster" in it, I hope it's one word.
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Wed Jan-23-08 04:58 PMReply #3
7. DU suggests that it might be hypenated!
which is kind of both and neither
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Wed Jan-23-08 04:24 PMOriginal message
Canadian armed forces SSEP73. It was part of the curriculum.
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Wed Jan-23-08 05:02 PMReply #4
Canadian armed forces: right about Vietnam, right about Iraq, right about clusterfuck?
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Wed Jan-23-08 04:28 PMOriginal message
5. I've always used it as one word.
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Wed Jan-23-08 05:07 PMReply #5
I didn't use to use it at all, but for the past 7 years I've just been compelled.
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Wed Jan-23-08 04:29 PMOriginal message
6. Urban dictionary, me, and the Daily Show all prefer it as one word.
Though I don't know how the OED spells it.
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Wed Jan-23-08 05:06 PMReply #6
9. I can't argue with experts (all three)
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Wed Jan-23-08 05:22 PMOriginal message
11. Just one word. "Cluster fuck" would mean to fuck a cluster whereas "clusterfuck" is a conglomeration
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Wed Jan-23-08 06:10 PMReply #11
what a well reasoned answer. I'm convinced now. I knew my instincts were right!
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Wed Jan-23-08 06:59 PMReply #11
17. And 'shit stain' means...
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Wed Jan-23-08 07:01 PMReply #17
18. time to buy new underwear!!!!
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Wed Jan-23-08 06:15 PMOriginal message
13. Surely we have someone here working on a PhD in Clusterfuckology
that can explain the difference.
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Wed Jan-23-08 06:24 PMReply #13
14. Bucky (post #11) seems to have some expertise in the area
:D
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Wed Jan-23-08 06:40 PMReply #14
15. I have made it my life's work
I plan to apply to the Graduate School of Hard Knox and get my master's degree in Applied Clusterfucktronics.
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Wed Jan-23-08 06:43 PMOriginal message
16. I believe its what ever you want it to be.....
but I will bet if you put it in a Thesaurus program another word for it would be
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