Cock-Up

another word for screw-up or screwup; to err.
nothing goes right – it’s just one c-ck-up after another!
to mess something up. used primarily in england

also see f-ck up

past tense: c-cked up
that flaming r-t-rd bush sure c-cked up that war!
british slang for a mistake
it’s my -ss on the line and i don’t want a c-ck up!
a shambles. sounds vulgar, but may not be; it may be a grouse shooting term. customarily, shooters employ beaters to disturb birds on the ground and drive them into the air towards the guns. normally one only shoots grouse hens, so if the beaters were by mistake to put up a grouse c-ck, they would warn the guns not to shoot by shouting “don’t shoot! it’s a c-ck up!”

can also be a transitive and intransitive verb.
one’s whole shoot today was a disaster – one c-ck up after another. now where’s camilla, the slapper? one feels like giving her a dirty sanchez. – prince charles

another day, another c-ck-up – tony blair on the iraq situation

the whole iraq situation has c-cked up badly – tony blair on the iraq situation

i really c-cked up iraq, didn’t i? – tony blair on the iraq situation
something that’s horribly screwed up, ruined or destroyed. originally a british expression. can be used as a noun or verb.
i think i c-cked up my exam last night.
that car accident was a real c-ckup – traffic was backed up for miles!
to make a complete mess of things. derived from the traditional archery usage where, if the ‘c-ck’ feather was uppermost, the arrow would not fly straight.
that was a real c-ck up.
a c-ckup means someone has made a real mess of something
the universlty student had not done enough revision and made a real
c-ckup of his finals which meant he would have to resit them later in the year.

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