fiasco
noun
[ fɪˈaskəʊ ]
• a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one.
• "his plans turned into a fiasco"
Similar:
failure,
disaster,
catastrophe,
debacle,
shambles,
farce,
mess,
wreck,
ruin,
ruination,
blunder,
botch,
abortion,
flop,
washout,
dud,
hash,
lead balloon,
foul-up,
screw-up,
fail,
pig's ear,
cock-up,
car crash,
snafu,
fizzer,
fuck-up,
balls-up,
Origin:
mid 19th century: from Italian, literally ‘bottle, flask’, in the phrase far fiasco, literally ‘make a bottle’, figuratively ‘fail in a performance’: the reason for the figurative sense is unexplained.
