Angela Stanton-King

The one thing about this Trump fiasco that never set well with me was the fact that everyone loved him until he ran for president. Every rapper, entertainer and actor was chasing a Trump check, then everyone changed on him almost overnight and I thought that was weird so I kept my eyes open.

American Author

Tom Fitton

Democrats can hardly stand on principle regarding election year nominations when they were more than willing to engage in a partisan, election-year impeachment fiasco based on a contrived pretext that had no chance of prevailing.

American Activist

David Limbaugh

With his economic speeches in response to Obama's 'you didn't build that' fiasco, Romney proved that he does have fire in his belly and that he is fervently dedicated to free enterprise, entrepreneurship and pro-growth policies.

James Howard Kunstler

One of the problems with the fiasco of suburbia is that it destroyed our understanding of the distinction between the country and the town, between the urban and the rural. They're not the same thing.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

I will listen to Mr Bush but my position is very clear and very firm. The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the war.

Spanish Statesman

Noah Hawley

Greatness and fiasco is the same. You're reaching for something just out of your grasp, and if you get it, it's great, and if you don't, it's a disaster.

American Producer

Mark Zandi

The biggest culprits in the housing fiasco came from the private sector, and more specifically from a mortgage industry that was out of control.

American Economist

Elliott Abrams

The U.A.E. is a firm ally of the United States and deserves better treatment than it received in the Dubai Ports World fiasco in 2006.

American Lawyer

Orlando Bloom

There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.

English Actor

Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.

Used when something is a lot worse than expected, not just a small mistake.

Negative Outcome

More common in casual conversation or informal writing, not in official reports.

Not Formal

Often emphasizes that the failure had significant negative emotions or impact.

Strong Emphasis

 You know, one of the problems with the fiasco of suburbia is that it destroyed our understanding of the distinction between the country and the town, between the urban and the rural. They're not the same thing. And we're not going to cure the problems of the urban by dragging the country into the city,

James Kunstler: How bad...

 It would go on forever." "Are you through?" "Yeah." "So show me that shape then." Mmm ... I hadn't been this stuck since the Rubik's Cube fiasco of '58. All the shapes I knew had perimeters.

Fiasco