cluster

cluster
 n.— «The cops are already calling the response a “cluster”—cop-speak for clusterfuck—and the chaos gets only more obscene. The pugnacious medics squabble over how to treat the patients and where to land the chopper.» —“A Gap in Coverage” by Josh Harkinson Houston Press (Texas) July 14, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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