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.