FIASCO

debacle, fiasco

(noun) a sudden and violent collapse

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fiasco (plural fiascos or fiascoes)

A sudden or unexpected failure.

A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.

Synonym: debacle

A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

Anagrams

• Facios, cafiso, fascio-

Source: Wiktionary


Fi*as"co, n.; pl. Fiascoes. Etym: [It.]

Definition: A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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