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fiasco

[fee-as-koh, -ah-skoh]

noun

plural

fiascos, fiascoes 
  1. a complete and ignominious failure.

    Synonyms: , , , ,
  2. a round-bottomed glass flask for wine, especially Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand upright.



fiasco

/ “ŚÉŖĖˆĆ¦²õ°ģÉ™ŹŠ /

noun

  1. a complete failure, esp one that is ignominious or humiliating

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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of fiasco1

1850–55; < Italian: literally, bottle < Germanic ( flask 1 ); sense ā€œfailureā€ from Italian phrase far fiasco to fail, literally, to make a bottle, idiom of uncertain origin
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of fiasco1

C19: from Italian, literally: flask ; sense development obscure
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Lively, on the other hand, is still struggling under the reputational damage of the "It Ends With Us" fiasco, while her "Another Simple Favor" film has earned only a lukewarm response.

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Patterson said that the nursing home fiasco and its subsequent cover-up point to one of Cuomo’s core political instincts: ā€œDon’t ever admit to anything.ā€

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White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, however, responded to a reporter’s question about the fiasco by claiming there were ā€œformatting issuesā€ with the report.

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Trump’s opponents are already depicting this fiasco as emblematic of an administration that loves to shoot itself in the foot, then put the bloody foot in its mouth.

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This year has been a nightmare for the whole family, and she said this fiasco on a night that was meant to provide a joyful respite felt like a sucker punch.

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