omnishambles
/ˈɒmniˌʃæmbəlz/noun
omnishambles is spelled O-M-N-I-S-H-A-M-B-L-E-S: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, omnishambles means “A situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in omnishambles?
| Letters | 12: O-M-N-I-S-H-A-M-B-L-E-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is omnishambles?
Omnishambles appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce omnishambles?
- /ˈɒmniˌʃæmbəlz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-omnishambles.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does omnishambles mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKinformalA situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.
Near-synonyms: clusterfuck, debacle, fiasco, hot mess, perfect storm, shit show, shitstorm
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does omnishambles come from?
From omni- + shambles. Introduced by the television show The Thick of It in 2009.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).