fuckup

See also: fuck up and fuck-up

English

Alternative forms

• fuck-up, fuck up

Etymology

Deverbal of fuck up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌkʌp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

fuckup (plural fuckups)

1. (vulgar) A serious mistake.

   Synonyms: screwup; see also Thesaurus:error

   Forgetting our anniversary was a major fuckup.

   • 1980, Stephen King, Firestarter, Simon and Schuster, published 2016, →ISBN, page 464:

     The gate was high; it had been a nine-foot drop; she had landed wrong and broken her arm. Oh Jesus Christ, what a fuckup.

2. (vulgar, derogatory) One who continually makes mistakes.

   Synonyms: screwup; see also Thesaurus:unskilled person

   You've got to fire that fuckup.

3. (vulgar, derogatory) An ineffective person; a person who fucks up a lot.

   Synonym: screwup

   Don't mind me; I'm just a harmless fuckup.

   I can't believe she's dating that colossal fuckup, all he does is bitch about baseball.

   • 1994, John Hodge, Shallow Grave, spoken by Alex Law (Ewan McGregor):

     Family? Family? Friends? Drugged-up wandering suicidal search-of-the-self fuck-ups don't have families.

   • 2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Dr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements […] Having a monarchy means the fate of your country is basically a genetic lottery, because every family has the one fuckup they talk about behind their backs. And if you’re thinking, “my family doesn’t,” then I’m afraid it’s you. I’m sorry about that.”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 8, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
4. (vulgar, derogatory, offensive) A mentally or emotionally damaged person.

   Synonym: screwup

Related terms

• fuckuppery

Translations

serious mistake

Afrikaans: fokop Esperanto: fuŝo (eo) Finnish: kämmi (fi), moka (fi), sähläys French: connerie (fr) f Galician: cagada (gl) f Polish: porażka (pl) f Russian: проёб m (projób) Spanish: embarrada (es) f, quilombo (es) m, cagada (es) f

person making mistakes

Afrikaans: fokop Esperanto: fuŝulo (eo) Finnish: kämmäri, mokailija, mogari (fi), sähläri (fi), tunari (fi) French: boulet (fr) m, branquignol (fr) m Polish: zjeb (pl) m, nieogar (pl) m, pierdoła (pl) f Russian: долбоёб m (dolbojób) Spanish: tarado (es) m, boludo (es) m, pelotudo (es) m, idiota (es) m, patán (es) m

ineffective person

Afrikaans: fokop Esperanto: sentaŭgulo, neniulo French: boulet (fr) m, cassos (fr) m, raté (fr) m, trimard (fr) m, branquignol (fr) m, branque (fr) m Polish: zjeb (pl) m, pajac (pl) m, popierdółka f Russian: распиздяй (ru) m (raspizdjaj) Spanish: menzo m