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Definition of Fuck up
1. Verb. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. "The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Generic synonyms: Fail, Go Wrong, Miscarry
Derivative terms: Ballup, Botch, Botcher, Bumbler, Bungle, Bungler, Flub, Fluff, Foul-up, Fuckup, Fumbler, Mess-up, Screwup, Spoil, Spoilage, Spoiling
Definition of Fuck up
1. Noun. (vulgar) An incompetent individual; one who errs frequently. ¹
2. Noun. (vulgar) A severe mistake. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) (slang) To make a mistake, to go wrong ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To botch or make a mess of ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) to injure or damage ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Fuck up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Few Kind Words about Hate: The Dark Side of Family Life and the Bible by Una Stannard (2007)
"Children fuck up the world because they were fucked up at home. To say straight
out, "They fuck you up, your mum and dad," was a three-thousand year overdue ..."
2. A Select Collection of Old Plays by Robert Dodsley (1780)
"... to fuck up, to fuck up. Howl again. I'll go to church and come to you.
This Malevole is one of the moft prodigious ..."
3. Cats in a Chowder by Fred J Schneider (2006)
"Now shut the fuck up." "Man-boys, bragging of things you'll do, ... "Always pushing,
pretending, if you could just get inside—" "Shut the fuck up! ..."
4. A Midsummer-night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1903)
"[Exit. fuck. Up and down, up and down, I will lead them up and down : I am fear'd
in field and town: Goblin, lead them up and down. Here comes one. 400 380. ..."
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