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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