cock-up

== English == === Etymology === First definition is a deverbal from cock up. Third definition is a shortening of cockernonnie. === Pronunciation === === Noun === cock-up (plural cock-ups) (Commonwealth, mildly vulgar slang) A mistake. Synonyms: screw-up, (vulgar) fuck-up; see also Thesaurus:error (obsolete, UK, Ireland, printers' slang) A superior letter; a lower-case letter placed above the baseline and made smaller than ordinary script; traditionally used in abbreviations. (obsolete, Scotland) A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun. ==== Synonyms ==== (mistake): balls-up (mildly taboo slang), foul-up, fuck-up (taboo slang), screw-up (slang) (hairstyle): bun, chignon === See also === cock up cocked-up === References === (superior letter): John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1891), “cock-up”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume II, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 145.