debacle, fiasco
(noun) a sudden and violent collapse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• 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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be ādancingā after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. Thatās how the first coffee drink was born.
