Miriam Webster adds Dumpster Fire to the online dictionary

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Dumpster fire (noun, US informal): "an utterly calamitous or mismanaged situation or occurrence: disaster."

The gleefully catastrophic phrase is one of 850 new additions the online dictionary announced today.

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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/05/590919849/a-phrase-for-our-time-merriam-webster-adds-dumpster-fire-to-dictionary

 

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