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  • Grotesque, Unbelievable, Bizarre, Unprecedented.

    Coined by Conor Cruise O'Brien from a statement by then-Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey.

    A useful catch-all expression of over-the-top outrage.

    November 16, 2007

  • I'll take GUBU over SNAFU any day

    November 30, 2015