Meaning of clusterbùrach | Babel Free

Definitions

A total mess, catastrophic failure, fiasco.

Scotland, informal, neologism

Examples

“I have⟳ been arguing hard that Brexit should be treated not just as the clusterbùrach it undoubtedly is, but also as a watershed for Scotland’s relationship with the rest⟳ of the UK.”

“The named person scheme jeopardised that contract of trust⟳. ... Some changes have⟳ been made but I worry⟳ the damage⟳ has been done. ... Some might pin the blame⟳ for named person on Mr Salmond ..., given that it was conceived on his watch⟳. To my mind⟳, however, it is a clusterbùrach entirely of Ms Sturgeon’s own⟳ making.”

“it is now all reduced to the fact that this is a complete⟳ bùrach—it is, to use⟳ a word coined by my friend Hugh Dan MacLennan, a clusterbùrach.”

“What the heck is going on? This is a complete⟳ and utter clusterbùrach.”

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