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+ ==Etymology==
+ Recorded in 1855 as theatre slang for “a failure in performance”, and by 1862 in the general sense “ignominious failure”.^(Etymonline) It comes via French ''faire fiasco'' from Italian ''far fiasco'' “to make a bottle”, i.e. to fail,^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) [[der|it|fiasco|t=bottle, flask]],^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|la-lat|flascō|t=bottle]].^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)
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+ The origin of the idiom is obscure: Italian etymologists have proposed various guesses and told stories of incidents in Italian theatrical history.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Compare [[flask]].^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}