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fiasco

[ fee-as-koh -ah-skoh ]

noun

, plural fi·as·cos, fi·as·coes.
  1. a complete and ignominious failure.

    Synonyms: bomb, flop, debacle, catastrophe, disaster

  2. a round-bottomed glass flask for wine, especially Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand upright.


fiasco

/ fɪˈæskəʊ /

noun

  1. a complete failure, esp one that is ignominious or humiliating
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fiasco1

1850–55; < Italian: literally, bottle < Germanic ( flask 1 ); sense “failure” from Italian phrase far fiasco to fail, literally, to make a bottle, idiom of uncertain origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fiasco1

C19: from Italian, literally: flask ; sense development obscure
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Example Sentences

However, since quitting his job two months earlier, the entire fiasco made him sick to his stomach as he considered what his former athletes had done to achieve greatness.

From Fortune

The app failed spectacularly, resulting in an election-night fiasco and a weeks-long delay before the vote count was certified.

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Earlier this month, an international commission of scientists released a highly anticipated report detailing the steps needed to turn a gene-editing fiasco into a powerful treatment that could wipe out genetic diseases throughout generations.

The city has been hit with more than two dozen legal claims tied to the fiasco.

Councilwoman Vivian Moreno argued that the fiasco represents fraud, and said she doesn’t buy the official story that it all grew out of bureaucratic incompetence.

See how much snark was unleashed against “dad rock” by the recent U2 iTunes Songs of Innocence fiasco.

This prolonged execution marks yet another death penalty fiasco.

For George W. Bush, it was the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the disastrous post-invasion fiasco.

The veteran political operative did realize the joy that national reporters took from the fiasco.

It was a fiasco, but were some of the players screwing up on purpose?

After the Mormon fiasco and the evaporation of the Fieldingites, another denomination took it.

This Bristoe fiasco was a stunning blow to the Rebel pursuit, and greatly checked their incursions.

He had never tried to eat an artichoke, and his first essay in this difficult and complex craft was a sad fiasco.

It is in travail and laughable fiasco that the young school their bodies to beautiful expression, as they school their minds.

Mr. Jones ridicules the would-be reformers of London, and represents their efforts as resulting in a pitiable fiasco.

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