OMNISHAMBLES Definition & Meaning

omnishambles

[om-nuh-sham-buhlz]

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(used with a singular verb)

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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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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