Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 2008, a user at Urban Dictionary defined the “dumpster fire.” The figurative one, that is: 1. A complete disaster. 2. Something very difficult that nobody ...

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) -- You've seen it hundreds of times in your social media feeds. A never-ending GIF of a dumpster, on fire, in reference to some ongoing, seemingly chronic calamity: a sport team's ...

As wildfires become more common across Oregon, residents need to be informed about wildfire characteristics. But it can be hard to sift through jargon and firefighting terminology. To better ...

“Dumpster fire” has gone from internet meme to Merriam-Webster.com. The informal noun — defined as “an utterly calamitous or mismanaged situation or occurrence” — was added to the online dictionary ...

What qualifies as a dumpster fire depends on who's watching, but you tend know it when you see it. But if forced to define it for someone not prone to hashtagging, you might quote Merriam-Webster: ...