screwup en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Deverbal from screw up.
Meanings
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(colloquial) A substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.
The Ford administration emerged in better shape than it deserved from the fantastic screw-up that preceded the release of the Rockefeller...
1977, John Osborne, White House watch: the Ford years, page 147:
- (colloquial) A person who often makes substantial mistakes; a bungler.
- (colloquial) A person who is mentally or emotionally damaged.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| screwups | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| screw-up | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
pisher · fumblefingers · slip · dauber · screwup · fluff · auf · dumbshit · fuckup · stumble · boner · faux pas · trapes · goof · howler · fuckup · blunder · yutz · disadventure · messup · blunderhead · gaffe · stumblebum · mess-up · shit bird · muff · spaz · schmuck · klutz · bloomer · break · slipup · fuckup · misadventure · palooka · blunderer · erroneity · gaum · mistake · fumbler · alcatote · aberration · clanger · gype · bungler · goon · cock-up · solecism · schlemiel · oopsy · sad sack · misstep · maladroit · lomperd · lapsus · error · turkey · lummox · butterfingers · inaccuracy · duffer · lumpkin · thinko · peabrain · floater · blooper · lapse · slip-up · galoot · gobaloon · weapon · fuckup · wrength · screwup · mess-up · clodhopper · chucklehead · oaf · flub · boo-boo · slangrill · gawk · fault · botcher · lubber · looby · bumbler · fuckup
Translations (18)
af knaterflater (substantial mistake) · fi ryssijä (person who often makes substantial mistakes) · pt vacilo (substantial mistake) · fi moka (substantial mistake) · de Versager (person who often makes substantial mistakes) · fi sössijä (person who often makes substantial mistakes) · eo fuŝulo (person who often makes substantial mistakes) · pl patałach (person who often makes substantial mistakes) · eo fuŝisto (person who often makes substantial mistakes) · fi möhläys (substantial mistake) · pt vacilão (person who often makes substantial mistakes) · pl fuszerka (substantial mistake) · pl partanina (substantial mistake) · fi möhlijä (person who often makes substantial mistakes) · eo fuŝo (substantial mistake) · fi tunari (person who often makes substantial mistakes) · fi tunarointi (substantial mistake) · pl niedojda (person who often makes substantial mistakes)