fuckup

[ fuhk-uhp ]

/ ˈfʌkˌʌp /

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noun Slang: Vulgar.

a person who acts in a stupid or careless way, especially habitually:Even with those credentials he's a monumental fuckup as a lawyer.

a careless or stupid mistake, or something done badly or inadequately:They tried to hide their catastrophic fuckup for three months.

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Origin of fuckup

First recorded in 1955–60; noun use of verb phrase fuck up

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How to use fuckup in a sentence

“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
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In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
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We won't find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.
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Kickstarter is one start-up platform that seems to have realized the danger.
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The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
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In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
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The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
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British Dictionary definitions for fuckup

fuck up

/ offensive, taboo, slang /

verb (tr, adverb)

to damage or bungleto fuck up a machine

to make confused

noun fuck-up

an act or an instance of bungling

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

Other Idioms and Phrases with fuckup

fuck up

Ruin, botch, spoil. For example, Don't tell me you're going to fuck up again. It is also put as be fucked up, meaning “be ruined or spoiled,” as in This entire project is fucked up. This vulgar usage dates from the early 1900s but did not become widespread until about 1940.

Act carelessly or foolishly, mess up, as in I'm sorry, I really fucked up when I invited them. [Vulgar slang; c. 1940]

Break down, fail, as in If the flash mechanism fucks up again, I won't get a picture. [Vulgar slang; c. 1980]

be fucked up. Be very confused or mentally ill; also, intoxicated. For example, He was so fucked up they had to hospitalize him, or What a party—I sure got fucked up. [Vulgar slang; 1940s]