Associations to the word «Screwup»

Wiktionary

SCREWUP, noun. (colloquial) A substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.
SCREWUP, noun. (colloquial) A person who often makes substantial mistakes.

Dictionary definition

SCREWUP, noun. The complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation; "a typical bureaucratic screwup".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats