snafu: alternatives and connections

To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority;…

A fault, wrong, or mistake.

Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.

The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence…

One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an…

an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic

In a chaotic manner.

To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.

To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet.

Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with w…

To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.

An error or mistake in writing or printing.

A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as,…

That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.

Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible.

A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.

Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a…