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screw⋅up

[skroo-uhp]
–noun Slang.
1. a mistake or blunder: The package was delayed through an addressing screwup.
2. a habitual blunderer.
Also, screw-up.


Origin:
1955–60; Americanism; n. use of v. phrase screw up
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screw·up also screw-up   (skrōō'ŭp')   
n.   Slang
  1. One that makes a mess of an undertaking; a bungler.

  2. A blunder; a mess: a managerial screwup.

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