Fiasco
noun
A situation that ends up in a mess or is a failure.
The opening ceremony was a total fiasco.
Often appears as...
- total fiasco
- complete fiasco
noun
A situation that ends up in a mess or is a failure.
The opening ceremony was a total fiasco.
Often appears as...
- total fiasco
- complete fiasco
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Outcome
Used when something is a lot worse than expected, not just a small mistake.
After so much planning, the event was a fiasco.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Formal
More common in casual conversation or informal writing, not in official reports.
I tried baking a cake, but it was a complete fiasco.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Emphasis
Often emphasizes that the failure had significant negative emotions or impact.
His first stage performance turned into a fiasco.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Outcome
Used when something is a lot worse than expected, not just a small mistake.
After so much planning, the event was a fiasco.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Formal
More common in casual conversation or informal writing, not in official reports.
I tried baking a cake, but it was a complete fiasco.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Emphasis
Often emphasizes that the failure had significant negative emotions or impact.
His first stage performance turned into a fiasco.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Outcome
Used when something is a lot worse than expected, not just a small mistake.
After so much planning, the event was a fiasco.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Formal
More common in casual conversation or informal writing, not in official reports.
I tried baking a cake, but it was a complete fiasco.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Emphasis
Often emphasizes that the failure had significant negative emotions or impact.
His first stage performance turned into a fiasco.
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Video examples
James Kunstler: How bad...
You know, one of the problems with the fiasco of suburbia is that it destroyed our understanding of the distinction between the country and the town, between the urban and the rural. They're not the same thing. And we're not going to cure the problems of the urban by dragging the country into the city,
Video examples
The case of the missing...
It would go on forever." "Are you through?" "Yeah." "So show me that shape then." Mmm ... I hadn't been this stuck since the Rubik's Cube fiasco of '58. All the shapes I knew had perimeters.
Video examples
James Kunstler: How bad...
You know, one of the problems with the fiasco of suburbia is that it destroyed our understanding of the distinction between the country and the town, between the urban and the rural. They're not the same thing. And we're not going to cure the problems of the urban by dragging the country into the city,
Video examples
The case of the missing...
It would go on forever." "Are you through?" "Yeah." "So show me that shape then." Mmm ... I hadn't been this stuck since the Rubik's Cube fiasco of '58. All the shapes I knew had perimeters.
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Quote examples
Angela Stanton-King
American Author
The one thing about this Trump fiasco that never set well with me was the fact that everyone loved him until he ran for president. Every rapper, entertainer and actor was chasing a Trump check, then everyone changed on him almost overnight and I thought that was weird so I kept my eyes open.
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Tom Fitton
American Activist
Democrats can hardly stand on principle regarding election year nominations when they were more than willing to engage in a partisan, election-year impeachment fiasco based on a contrived pretext that had no chance of prevailing.
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David Limbaugh
American Author
With his economic speeches in response to Obama's 'you didn't build that' fiasco, Romney proved that he does have fire in his belly and that he is fervently dedicated to free enterprise, entrepreneurship and pro-growth policies.
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James Howard Kunstler
American Author
One of the problems with the fiasco of suburbia is that it destroyed our understanding of the distinction between the country and the town, between the urban and the rural. They're not the same thing.
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Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Spanish Statesman
I will listen to Mr Bush but my position is very clear and very firm. The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the war.
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Noah Hawley
American Producer
Greatness and fiasco is the same. You're reaching for something just out of your grasp, and if you get it, it's great, and if you don't, it's a disaster.
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Mark Zandi
American Economist
The biggest culprits in the housing fiasco came from the private sector, and more specifically from a mortgage industry that was out of control.
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Elliott Abrams
American Lawyer
The U.A.E. is a firm ally of the United States and deserves better treatment than it received in the Dubai Ports World fiasco in 2006.
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Orlando Bloom
English Actor
There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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Orlando Bloom
English Actor
Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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Angela Stanton-King
American Author
The one thing about this Trump fiasco that never set well with me was the fact that everyone loved him until he ran for president. Every rapper, entertainer and actor was chasing a Trump check, then everyone changed on him almost overnight and I thought that was weird so I kept my eyes open.
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Tom Fitton
American Activist
Democrats can hardly stand on principle regarding election year nominations when they were more than willing to engage in a partisan, election-year impeachment fiasco based on a contrived pretext that had no chance of prevailing.
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David Limbaugh
American Author
With his economic speeches in response to Obama's 'you didn't build that' fiasco, Romney proved that he does have fire in his belly and that he is fervently dedicated to free enterprise, entrepreneurship and pro-growth policies.
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James Howard Kunstler
American Author
One of the problems with the fiasco of suburbia is that it destroyed our understanding of the distinction between the country and the town, between the urban and the rural. They're not the same thing.
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Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Spanish Statesman
I will listen to Mr Bush but my position is very clear and very firm. The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the war.
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Noah Hawley
American Producer
Greatness and fiasco is the same. You're reaching for something just out of your grasp, and if you get it, it's great, and if you don't, it's a disaster.
Quote examples
Mark Zandi
American Economist
The biggest culprits in the housing fiasco came from the private sector, and more specifically from a mortgage industry that was out of control.
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Elliott Abrams
American Lawyer
The U.A.E. is a firm ally of the United States and deserves better treatment than it received in the Dubai Ports World fiasco in 2006.
Quote examples
Orlando Bloom
English Actor
There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
Quote examples
Orlando Bloom
English Actor
Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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