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the screwup
noun
A substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.
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To Dowd, invading Iraq had less to do with W.M.D. than the "chance for W. to complete his transformation from the screwup son to the son who fixed his father's screwups".
"It was a volatile and confusing day because of the screwup at the Department of Labor," says Peter Coolidge, senior equity trader at Brean Murray & Co.
What was the screwup?
About an hour and a half later, news.com.au reported that Telstra was admitting to the screwup.
Trump talked a lot about the CNN story on Twitter, seizing the screwup to attack Russia-related coverage more broadly. .
The screwup already cost the BBC's director general his job, and prompted hasty payouts from both the BBC and its rival ITV News.
Similar(6)
"If the screwups didn't involve real people, that would be helpful.
"Other than the screwups he's had, like with the Internet, you didn't hear that much about him".
Of course, to do that, you would have to read a book starring a rich popular guy: enter "King of the Screwups".
Maybe it has given way to new, more honest blogging, real sharing with raw audio that goes beyond the screwups of presidential candidates before they realize the mic is on.
Regardless of the reason, that screwup has been corrected — after I reached out to Square, the listings disappeared.
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