Surely you have often heard or read the euphonic word "fiasco." And recently, in Runet, even a little hype spun around him. On this wave, we will analyze what a fiasco means. How this word is associated with a variety of popular memes - humorous pictures with recognizable heroes of viral photos, videos and certain text.
Meaning and synonyms
What does the word "fiasco" mean (accent on "a")? This indeclinable noun is interpreted as follows:
- failure;
- collapse of hopes;
- complete failure;
- big trouble.
It was originally used as a synonym for failure in theatrical art. The word "fiasco" called the failure of the actor, director, of any play as a whole.
The word can be replaced (depending on context) with the following synonyms:
- crash
- failure;
- failure;
- failure;
- loss;
- blockage;
- disruption.
Origin of the word
We figured out what a fiasco means. Let's look at the origin of the word:
- The Russian language came from Italian. Fiasco translates as "bottle"! What is the connection? The word is part of the long expression far fiasco. It can be translated like this: "fail", "fail a major failure." Everything comes from the unsuccessful performance of the famous Bologna harlequin. He introduced the public to a buffoonery using a flask, a bottle. The audience did not like the number so much, and the poor fellow suffered such a crushing failure that the expression became a household word, international, and even reached our days.
- The Italian word comes from Latin - flasco.
- A more ancient form is the pragerman word flahsko, flahskon.
- The source is considered to be the Indo-European plek. By the way, the Old Russian word “weave” also came from him.
What does it mean, "This is a fiasco bro!"
Where did this expression come from, which has recently completely flooded Russian social networks? Its origins are in a short video, which in a record time has become viral.
The plot of the video, as they say, is from the series "both laughter and sin." There are two participants, namely the dog and its owner (he is the operator). A man and a dog walk in wintertime near an unfrozen rivulet through which logs are thrown - a kind of bridge. The owner gives the four-legged friend a command to run across this structure. Before this, he warns the dog: "Just do not fall, it will be a fiasco!"
But, alas, the animal could not cope with the task and slipped from the log into the water. The operator comments on the failure: "This is a fiasco, bro!" The clip is interrupted.
The audience was so fond of this video with the participation of a cute dog of the Shiba Inu breed that it quickly migrated from YouTube, where it was originally uploaded by the owner of this slightly awkward dog to other social networks. And later, memes were compiled that fit the meaning of a catch phrase.
What does fiasco mean here? Most likely, a big failure, which can be suffered by chance, stupidity. Many began to illustrate with this phrase all the major life troubles.
Now you know what “fiasco” means both in its original meaning and in the wake of the fame that gave the word a viral video with a dog. It is no less exciting to trace the history of the separation of words from Italian phraseological units.