balls-upn.

Brit.

/ˈbɔːlzʌp/, U.S.

/ˈbɔlzˌəp/,

/ˈbɑlzˌəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English balls , up adv.¹

Etymology: < balls, plural of ball n.¹ + up adv.¹, after mess-up n. Compare ball n.¹ 12 and balls v.

coarse slang (chiefly British).

A fiasco, a disaster; a mess, a muddle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder

feery-fary1535

puddle1587

bauchle1600

vertigo1702

whemmel1817

mull1821

mix-up1841

scrimmage1852

embroilment1856

hash-up1860

brangle1865

mucker1867

unplight1876

car wreck1877

mix1882

mess-up1902

stirabout1905

pot mess1914

boorach1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

box1941

Chinese fire drill1943

snafu1943

foul-up1944

screw-up1950

snarl-up1960

tiswas1960

bumble-bath1965

clusterfuck1969

headfuck1983

car crash1992

katogo1994

dumpster fire2008

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle

miscarriage1590

bungle1656

bumble1823

boggle1834

muff1867

car wreck1877

mismove1877

miscue1882

muddle1884

bobble1887

mess-up1902

floater1913

bollock1919

fluff1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

snafu1943

foul-up1944

fuck-up1949

clusterfuck1969

car crash1992

dumpster fire2008

omnishambles2009

1929 R. Graves Good-bye to all That xv. 196 ‘What's happened?’ I asked. ‘Bloody balls-up,’ was the most detailed answer I could get.

1939 ‘G. Orwell’ Coming up for Air ii. viii. 150 You couldn't go on regarding society as something eternal and unquestionable, like a pyramid. You knew it was just a balls-up.

1945 Penguin New Writing 26 51 ‘What d'you make of this case, corporal?’ ‘Bleeding balls-up, between you and me.’

1956 R. Fuller Image of Society viii. 197 Stuart Blackledge made a ballsup of the valuation.

1978 P. Larkin Let. 17 Aug. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 588 Got caught in a cloudburst.., water got into the engine, car stopped, general balls-up.

2007 Racing Post (Nexis) 19 Apr. 9 The start of the Grand National was a complete balls up, again.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	balls-up
释义	balls-upn. Brit. /ˈbɔːlzʌp/, U.S. /ˈbɔlzˌəp/, /ˈbɑlzˌəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English balls , up adv.¹ Etymology: < balls, plural of ball n.¹ + up adv.¹, after mess-up n. Compare ball n.¹ 12 and balls v. coarse slang (chiefly British). A fiasco, a disaster; a mess, a muddle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder feery-fary1535 puddle1587 bauchle1600 vertigo1702 whemmel1817 mull1821 mix-up1841 scrimmage1852 embroilment1856 hash-up1860 brangle1865 mucker1867 unplight1876 car wreck1877 mix1882 mess-up1902 stirabout1905 pot mess1914 boorach1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 box1941 Chinese fire drill1943 snafu1943 foul-up1944 screw-up1950 snarl-up1960 tiswas1960 bumble-bath1965 clusterfuck1969 headfuck1983 car crash1992 katogo1994 dumpster fire2008 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle miscarriage1590 bungle1656 bumble1823 boggle1834 muff1867 car wreck1877 mismove1877 miscue1882 muddle1884 bobble1887 mess-up1902 floater1913 bollock1919 fluff1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 snafu1943 foul-up1944 fuck-up1949 clusterfuck1969 car crash1992 dumpster fire2008 omnishambles2009 1929 R. Graves Good-bye to all That xv. 196 ‘What's happened?’ I asked. ‘Bloody balls-up,’ was the most detailed answer I could get. 1939 ‘G. Orwell’ Coming up for Air ii. viii. 150 You couldn't go on regarding society as something eternal and unquestionable, like a pyramid. You knew it was just a balls-up. 1945 Penguin New Writing 26 51 ‘What d'you make of this case, corporal?’ ‘Bleeding balls-up, between you and me.’ 1956 R. Fuller Image of Society viii. 197 Stuart Blackledge made a ballsup of the valuation. 1978 P. Larkin Let. 17 Aug. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 588 Got caught in a cloudburst.., water got into the engine, car stopped, general balls-up. 2007 Racing Post (Nexis) 19 Apr. 9 The start of the Grand National was a complete balls up, again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1929
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