fucking up
Making serious mistakes
Fucking up is making a serious mistake or ruining something through incompetence or carelessness: I really fucked up that job interview, Stop fucking up my plans.
The phrase can also mean damaging someone psychologically: That experience fucked him up.
A fuckup is either the mistake itself or a person who habitually makes them.
- backfireYield unintended consequences
- dropping the ballFailing at a crucial moment
- snafuConfused, botched situation
- screw-upHabitual mistake-maker
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
botch · making a mess · fiasco · messing up · ruining · failure · bungling · epic fail · disaster · trainwreck · train wreck · misstep · ineptitude · balls-up · mishap · cock-up · negligence · muck up
fucking upsucceeding
Attaining aims or following
nailing it · getting it right · coming through · killing it · crushing it
fucking uppaying attention
Directing focus toward something
taking care · keeping it together · double-checking · dotting the i's and crossing the t's