fiasco
Americannoun
plural
fiascos, fiascoes-
a complete and ignominious failure.
- Synonyms:
- bomb, flop, debacle, catastrophe, disaster
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a round-bottomed glass flask for wine, especially Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand upright.
noun
Etymology
Origin of fiasco
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
Example Sentences
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He overcame a strange late sequence in which he kept swapping helmets because of communication problems, looking as irritated as you would expect Rodgers to look after a technological fiasco like that.
“This edict, combined with the current delay fiasco, has built a ‘wall’ for employers and employees who are already in the process of stamping.”
From Salon
And on Tuesday, Johnson was confronted with his own leaked messages to his advisers, in which he suggested he wanted to fire those in the DfE after the exam results fiasco of August 2020.
From BBC
That was a long way of getting to the World Cup ticket fiasco, which has been both predictable and hilarious.
Beutner, whose home was severely damaged in the Palisades fire, called the selection of Hagerty a “fiasco,” saying it’s still not clear what the firm delivered.
From Los Angeles Times
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