Meaning : The word fiasco denotes a complete failure, especially one that is ludicrous or humiliating.
Origin : Attested usage of the word as a theatre slang to denote “a failure in performance can be traced back to 1855. By 1862, the word had acquired the general sense of “any failure or flop
The word comes via the 19th Century French phrase faire fiasco meaning turn out a failure, from Italian far fiasco denoting suffer a complete breakdown in performance” Literally it means “make a bottle” from fiasco “bottle” from Late Latin fiasco meaning “bottle”.
Since the advent of the word in the 1850s, it has steadily grown in popularity. The number of mentions of the word fiasco, in fact peaked recently in the 21st Century and continues to be close to the peak.
Usage : The students quick thinking averted a fiasco on stage.
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