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Look up: fiasco

  1. fiasco
    [Noun] A total failure of something planned.
    Example: The holiday was a complete fiasco from start to finish.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. Fiasco
    The straw-covered flask historically associated with Chianti.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20673

  3. fiasco
    a straw-covered wine bottle having a round bottom and a long neck and holding about 2 litres.Used in Tuscany(Italy) Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Fiasco
    Fi·as'co noun ; plural Fiascoes . [ Italian ] A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/24

  5. Fiasco
    • (n.) A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. fiasco
    fiasco 1. A total failure, especially a humiliating or ludicrous one. 2. A complete and ignominious failure. 3. A sudden and violent collapse. 4. Etymology: from about 1855, theater slang for 'a failure'. By about 1862, it acquired the general sense of any 'dismal flop', on or off the stage. Here...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  7. Fiasco
    [bottle] A fiasco (fɪˈæskoʊ; ˈfjasko) is a typical Italian style of bottle, usually with a round body and bottom, partially or completely covered with a close-fitting straw basket. The basket is typically made of sala, a swamp weed, sun-dried and blanched with sulfur. The basket provide...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_(bot

  8. Fiasco
    [disambiguation] Reporting statistics of link games-to-download.com; 2 records. Reports COIBot reported 2 links. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_(dis

  9. Fiasco
    [book] Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (2006) is a book by Washington Post Pentagon correspondent Thomas E. Ricks. Fiasco deals with the history of the Iraq War from the planning phase to combat operations to 2006 and argues that the war was badly planned and executed. Ricks ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_(boo

  10. Fiasco
    In English the word fiasco means an absolute, abject or utterly humiliating failure. It may also refer to: In literature: Fiasco is also the definition of a chris In music: Other: ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco

  11. Fiasco
    [novel] Fiasco (Fiasko) is a science fiction novel from 1987 by Stanisław Lem that deals with clashes of cultures. The book is a further elaboration of Lem`s scepticism: in Lem`s opinion, the difficulty in communication with alien civilizations is cultural, rather than spatial, distance. Th...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_(nov

  12. Fiasco
    [band] Fiasco is a Brooklyn-based trio formed in October 2005 by Jonathan Edelstein (guitar/vocals), Julian Bennett Holmes (drums), and Lucian Buscemi (electric bass/vocals), although all three are multi-instrumentalists. They are known for their intense, high-energy music, their energetic l...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_(ban

  13. Fiasco
    [role-playing game] == Overview == Fiasco is a role-playing game by Jason Morningstar, independently published by Bully Pulpit Games. It is a GM-less game for 3-5 players, designed to be played in a few hours with six-sided dice and no preparation. Fiasco is inspired by cinematic tales of sm...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_(rol



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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