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screw·up
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noun
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1.
a mistake or blunder:
The package was delayed through an addressing screwup.
2.
a habitual blunderer.
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Origin:
1955–60;
Americanism
;
noun use of verb phrase
screw up
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screwup
noun
the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation; "a typical bureaucratic screwup"
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