Gazapo in english

Gazapo

pronunciation: gəzɑpoʊ part of speech: noun
In gestures

gazapo = blooper ; blunder ; clanger ; muck-up ; flub ; fumble ; foul-up. 

Example: Throughout the year we collect bloopers, funny things that happen while we are producing the program.Example: There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.Example: Whilst this might work in the short term, this strategy is to be avoided even if the clanger isn't entirely your fault.Example: We realise it's nobody's fault, but it's such a muck-up.Example: While the money invested might be recovered, it remains to be seen what such a flub will cost the university.Example: But the other pleasures in this book are enough to make such fumbles dwindle in significance.Example: The program delay was a result of a foul-up in the documentation that was supposed to detail exactly how the aircraft was made.
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