Fiasco

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɪˈæs.kəʊ/

Origin

From Italian fiasco ("bottle, flask"), from Late Latin flasca, flascō "bottle, container", from Frankish flaska "bottle, flask" from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ ("bottle"); see flask. "Failure" sense comes through French (faire fiasco) from Italian theatrical slang far fiasco (literally, "to make a bottle"), of unknown origin.

Noun

1. A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
2. A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

Synonyms

• (ludicrous or humiliating situation) debacle