Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
fuck up en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌfʌkˈʌp/
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Meanings
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(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To make a mistake, to go wrong.
When I was in my 20s and writing my first book—I know, I really fucked up there[.]
2023, Thomas Chatterton Williams, “The People Who Don’t Read Books”, in The Atlantic:Don't you fuck up again.
You really fucked up this time.
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(transitive, vulgar) To botch or make a mess of.
I fucked up question 3 of the exam.
Don't fuck up your arcade game.
Tyrion is made to be a strategic fool. I haven’t been as hard on this aspect of the season as others, because I buy that Tyrion might overestimate himself in military matters. But face-to-face negotiation with power players in the capital? Now that really is his bread and butter, and after a season of fucking things up in Dragonstone, he once again completely misreads the situation in King’s Landing.
2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
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(transitive, vulgar) To injure or damage badly.
Mom and Pop, they will fuck you up
For sure
Love so deep, kills you in your sleep
It's true
1991, “Sax and Violins”, in Once in a Lifetime – The Best of Talking Heads, performed by Talking Heads:Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
Wu buck wild with the trigger!
Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
I'll fuck your ass up!
1993, “Shame on a Nigga”, in Wu-Tang Clan (music), Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers):I'm about to fuck somebody up for betrayal.
He'll fuck you up, yes, God will fuck you up
If you dare to disobey His stern command.
He'll fuck you up, don't you know He'll fuck you up?
So you better do some prayin' while you can.
2006, “The Hand of the Almighty”, in John R. Butler (music), Surprise!:They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
1971, Philip Larkin, This Be The Verse:What are these, hookers? I guess this guy doesn't understand the concept of a hooker. You're supposed to fuck her, not fuck her up.
2010, 16:51 from the start, in Action 52 (NES) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN), James Rolfe (actor):I fucked up my knee while running the marathon.
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(vulgar) To cause someone to become intoxicated or otherwise alter someone's mental state.
Yeah, well the use of smack, cocaine, and other nasties continues, along with a wide range of designer drugs. […] There's still plenty of shit quality material available to fuck up the youth.
2015 April 13, Graeme Innes, Platypus Dreaming: ... a prophecy, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:Vodka, Bit says, because it fucks you up fastest.
2014 July 3, Jess Walter, We Live in Water, Penguin UK, →ISBN:I really got fucked up on cocaine last night.
2001 January 16, Joe Eszterhas, American Rhapsody, Vintage, →ISBN, page 5:
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(vulgar) To traumatise; to negatively affect the wellbeing of someone.
She'd never get the chance to have the proper goodbye to her own husband, and that fucked me up for some reason.
2018 November 27, Diamond Johnson, Love Me 2, Sullivan Group Publishing, →ISBN:They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with their faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
1971, Philip Larkin, This Be the Verse:
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(slang, transitive, vulgar) Synonym of destroy (“to eat food quickly, hungrily or completely”)
I could fuck up a burger right now.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, used only in imperative, vulgar) Ellipsis of shut the fuck up.
Fuck up, mate! I don't want to listen to you!
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(slang, transitive, vulgar) Synonym of crack up (“to cause to laugh”)
This video is fucking me up so bad.
Forms
Deriveds
fuckuppery · unfuckupable · fuckupable · fuck-upper
Descendants
opfokken · opfucken
Relateds
FUBAR
Synonyms
boob · fuck up · misdo · trip up · slip up · stumble · mess up · goof up · drop the ball · blow it · flub · miscue · screw up · crap up · screw up · mar · foul up · misstep · put a foot wrong · mess up · err · bobble · stuff up · trip over the wire · drop a bollock · make a mistake · flub up · goof · crack up · destroy
Translations (141)
pt foder tudo (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · km បំផ្លាញ (to injure or damage) · fi pistää paskaksi (to injure or damage) · de verkacken (to botch or make a mess of) · sk dojebať (to botch or make a mess of) · ro răni (to injure or damage) · ro o scrânti (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · ro o da în bară (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · ia futuer (to injure or damage) · gd sgrios (to injure or damage) · pt foder (to injure or damage) · hy բերանը քունել (to injure or damage) · fr foirer (to botch or make a mess of) · ca fotre (to injure or damage) · nl verneuken (to botch or make a mess of) · sh uništiti (to injure or damage) · el γαμώ (to injure or damage) · de Scheiße bauen (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · nl naar de kloten helpen (to injure or damage) · fi mokata (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · es pifiar (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · fi kusettaa (to cause someone to make a big mistake) · sh баталити (to injure or damage) · hu elkúr (to injure or damage) · es descuajaringar (to injure or damage) · ro fute (to injure or damage) · fr bousiller (to injure or damage) · es cagarla (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · fr faire une connerie (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · gd creach (to injure or damage) · fr foutre en l'air (to injure or damage) · sh уништити (to injure or damage) · sh razvaliti (to injure or damage) · fi möhlätä (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · de verkacken (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · pl spierdolić (to botch or make a mess of) · ro da greș (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · it farla grossa (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · mk заебува (to injure or damage) · fr défoncer (to injure or damage) · es tirar (to injure or damage) · ro vătăma (to injure or damage) · pl zjebać (to botch or make a mess of) · fi tunaroida (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · pt meter os pés pelas mãos (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · lt suknisti (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · da skade (to injure or damage) · lv sapist (to injure or damage) · fr se planter (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · fi naruttaa (to cause someone to make a big mistake) · fi rikkoa (to injure or damage) · fi paskoa (to injure or damage) · tr bok yemek (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · sh разјебати (to injure or damage) · fr merder (to botch or make a mess of) · sk rozjebať (to injure or damage) · sv sabba (to botch or make a mess of) · ru запороть (to botch or make a mess of) · da fejle (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · sl zjebati (to injure or damage) · fi särkeä (to injure or damage) · ja 沼る (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · ro strica (to injure or damage) · fr déconner (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · it fare una cazzata (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · pl spierdolić (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · gd mill (to injure or damage) · pl uwalić (to botch or make a mess of) · es meter la pata (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · fr péter (to injure or damage) · pt fazer besteira (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · fr merder (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · pt fazer merda (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · nb kuke opp (to botch or make a mess of) · sv misslyckas (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · eo rompi (to injure or damage) · fi möhliä (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · pl nawalić (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · sk dojebať to (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · sh sjebati (to injure or damage) · fi munata (to botch or make a mess of) · ro avaria (to injure or damage) · tr halletmek (to injure or damage) · eo paneigi (to botch or make a mess of) · sh развалити (to injure or damage) · nb føkke opp (to botch or make a mess of) · da ødelægge (to botch or make a mess of) · ro o da în căcat (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · fi munata (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · da ødelægge (to injure or damage) · fi möhliä (to botch or make a mess of) · hu csődöt mond (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · ro defecta (to injure or damage) · ca cagar-la (to injure or damage) · de zerficken (to injure or damage) · es descuajeringar (to injure or damage) · da mislykkes (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · es fastidiarla (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · fi mokata (to botch or make a mess of) · fi ryssiä (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · ru разъеба́ть (to injure or damage) · mk заебува (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · es chingar (to injure or damage) · pl rozkurwić (to botch or make a mess of) · tr becermek (to injure or damage) · fi vahingoittaa (to injure or damage) · sv göra bort sig (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · fr foirer (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · ro o face de oaie (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · tr sikip atmak (to injure or damage) · sh razjebati (to injure or damage) · fi ryssiä (to botch or make a mess of) · sh сјебати (to injure or damage) · eo damaĝi (to injure or damage) · he פִשֵּׁל (to botch or make a mess of) · nl verpesten (to injure or damage) · fr niquer (to injure or damage) · tr canına okumak (to injure or damage) · sv sabba (to injure or damage) · cs posrat to (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · lt supisti (to injure or damage) · pl rozpierdolić (to injure or damage) · es cagar (to injure or damage) · nn drita på draget (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · es joder (to injure or damage) · pl spieprzyć (to botch or make a mess of) · pl zjebać (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · bg развалям (to injure or damage) · pl rozjebać (to injure or damage) · sl sfukati (to injure or damage) · fi tunaroida (to botch or make a mess of) · cmn 搞砸 (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · fi möhlätä (to botch or make a mess of) · nl (het) verknallen (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · ru накосячить (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · sv skada (to injure or damage) · ro deteriora (to injure or damage) · mk заебува (to botch or make a mess of) · sh bataliti (to injure or damage) · es joderla (to make a mistake, to go wrong) · hu elbasz (to injure or damage)