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fiasco
/fɪˈæs.kəʊ/
noun
A sudden or unexpected failure.
A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
Similar: debacle
A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.
Synonymsdebacle
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