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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: fiasco - how did "bottle" become "failure?" #5217 08/12/2000 10:51 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... I never noticed this strange meaning: already in Italian "Fare fiasco" means to have a failure, to not succeed in something: I will check my dictionary, and I will ask someone. Ciao Emanuela Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted . Max Quordlepleen 08/12/2000 9:05 AM Re: fiasco - how did "bottle" become "failure?" Jackie 08/12/2000 10:44 AM . Max Quordlepleen 08/12/2000 11:50 AM Re: fiasco - how did "bottle" become "failure?" william 08/12/2000 1:50 PM Re: fiasco - how did "bottle" become "failure?" emanuela 08/12/2000 10:51 AM Re: fiasco - how did "bottle" become "failure?" tsuwm 08/12/2000 1:49 PM . Max Quordlepleen 08/12/2000 7:48 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,451 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,263 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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