See Also: triaconta-(dictionary)
snafu(dictionary)
snafu(dictionary)

triaconta- (iou) and snafu (oh)


triaconta- (iou)



triaconta- combining form of Greek triakonta thirty. Before a vowel triacont-.
triacontahedral adjective (of a crystal or solid figure) having thirty faces, usu. thirty rhombic faces E19.
triaconta'hedron noun, pl. -dra, -drons, a solid figure or object with thirty plane faces M20.
triaconter noun an ancient Greek galley with thirty oars M19.

snafu (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: situation normal all fucked up]
AmE informal a situation in which a plan does not happen in the way it should
::There were no major snafus.