Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A complete failure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flask; a bottle. See
flask . - noun A failure in a musical or dramatic performance; an ignominious failure of any kind; a complete breakdown.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
ludicrous or humiliating failure. Some effort that went quite wrong. - noun A
wine bottle in a (usuallystraw )jacket .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sudden and violent collapse
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Tell me again how this fiasco is the Republicans 'fault? stan
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In short, I believe that part of this fiasco is a plot to see Dr. Brown scapegoated and his Premiership ended.
Global Voices in English » Bermuda, USA, UK: Fallout over Guantanamo 2009
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That Facebook lent its name and reputation to this fiasco is amazing.
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The only White House figure to take any responsibility for the fiasco is the former Bush-Cheney pollster Matthew Dowd, who in March expressed remorse for furthering a war he now deems a mistake.
Sunday Reading 2007
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I think this latest fiasco is victimizing the victim again who has apparently moved on with her life.
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In particular, the Ford Explorer roll-over fiasco from a few years ago which led to Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Tire-Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) being mandatory on new cars.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » In Case You Didn’t Already Know that California has Lost It 2010
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The one thing I do take as a silver lining from this fringe fiasco is the fact that the longer a media outlet gives credence to this garbage, the less credibility it has in my view, and I needn't waste my time paying attention to them in the future.
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Did we learn nothing from that rediculous Sarah Palin fiasco? sdtangler
Clinton: Vetting process for administration jobs 'a nightmare' 2009
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As the Minister responsible for this fiasco is Jack Straw, why wasn't he available to respond to pertinent questions?
So spectacularly wrong on so many levels Norfolk Blogger 2009
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One of the really discouraging things about the whole fiasco is that the law was so lengthy and so hard to read that virtually no one read it except for congressional staffers and think tank types.
The “I have been requested to put up an open thread” Friday Open Thread. | RedState 2010
frangarnes commented on the word fiasco
fracaso, decepción // Similar meaning: chasco
October 22, 2007
seanahan commented on the word fiasco
Apparently both English, Spanish, and French (among others) borrowed this from Italian.
October 23, 2007
jkalina commented on the word fiasco
I believe one theory about the etymology of this word is that it comes from glass blowing. After failing to make an intricate bit of the glass blowing art the blower has only one choice - take a big breath and make the thing into a common bottle: a fiasco.
September 28, 2009
504126272 commented on the word fiasco
Here's a somewhat satisfying article on the mystery surrounding the etymology of fiasco.
http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/fiasco/
November 8, 2009