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omnishambles
[ om-nuh-sham-buhlz ]
noun
(used with a singular verb)
plural omnishambles.
- Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences:
Many people think that Brexit created a real omnishambles for Britain.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of omnishambles1
2009; omni- + shambles 1( def ); first used in the BBC TV series The Thick of It, a political satire
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A total omnishambles for everyone involved.
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She says that on the first morning of her hearing the judge described her case as an "omnishambles".
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Were aspects of that relationship an "omnishambles" as described by Chief Medical Officer Frank Atherton?
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He called the lack of information surrounding different UK restrictions an "omnishambles".
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The Inquiry was shown a page from Sir Frank's notebook with the word omnishambles scrawled across it, which appears to be from the summer of 2020.
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