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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Their relative normalcy, and that of fellow marrieds Amber Morrison and Jordan Faeth, is a soothing contrast to the textbook Fusco fiasco and the rest of the season’s red flag bearers.
From Salon
A lockout delaying the 2027 season isn’t out of the question, which would be a fiasco.
The whole fiasco came to light after our recent raid in Venezuela, when Anthropic reportedly inquired after the fact if another Silicon Valley company involved in the operation, Palantir, had used Claude.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s hard for us mortals to know what that’s like, to have the burden to always win, and anything less is labeled a fiasco.
The foam fiasco was just one of the first hiccups since JPMorgan opened a bar inside a Manhattan office building.
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