fuckup

[ fuhk-uhp ]

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

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

Origin of fuckup

1
First recorded in 1955–60; noun use of verb phrase fuck up

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British Dictionary definitions for fuck up

fuck up

/ offensive, taboo, slang /


verb(tr, adverb)
  1. to damage or bungle: to fuck up a machine

  2. to make confused

nounfuck-up
  1. an act or an instance of bungling

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Other Idioms and Phrases with fuckup

fuckup

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.

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