Associations to the word «Fiasco»

Wiktionary

FIASCO, noun. A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
FIASCO, noun. A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

Dictionary definition

FIASCO, noun. A sudden and violent collapse.

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