fuckball mistake
- noun
- /ˈfʌkˌbɔl mɪsˈteɪk/
- Offensive
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- That was a fuckball mistake that cost us the entire project.
Examples
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I couldn't believe he made such a fuckball mistake during the presentation.
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One fuckball mistake like that can ruin your reputation.
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What a fuckball mistake!
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That was a total fuckball mistake!
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I was shocked to see such a fuckball mistake in the final report.
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Making a fuckball mistake on a test can have serious consequences for your grades.
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He apologized for the fuckball mistake that led to the project's failure.
Synonyms
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6.1
A careless mistake that causes problems or embarrassment
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9.9
A serious or embarrassing mistake that causes problems
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7.7
A serious, embarrassing mistake often caused by confusion or poor planning
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9.6
A serious mistake that happens because of confusion or poor planning
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9.9
A very serious mistake that causes big problems, often because someone was careless
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9.9
A situation made into a big mess by careless or bad actions
A very bad, chaotic situation used as rude slang
A confused, badly organized situation that causes problems
A foolish mistake made without thinking that causes trouble
A costly mistake often made in sports or the military
How Bad
Surface Forms
Morphology
fuckball + mistake
The noun 'mistake' is fully transparent, but the modifier 'fuckball' is a nonstandard, vulgar coinage not listed in dictionaries and not compositionally clear from 'fuck' + 'ball'. Knowing 'fuck' as a swear/intensifier might hint that the phrase signals a very bad or foolish error, but the exact nuance is unpredictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure, making it only partially transparent.
Etymology
Fuckball mistake may come from the image of a wild ball that bounces everywhere and causes a big mess, with fuck added as a strong, rude word to make the error seem worse. That's why it means 'a very serious or foolish mistake' and is used in very informal, 'rude' speech.