This expression means to make a catastrophic error or failure.
Watch him screw the pooch at the last minute and the deal fall through.
by Duckbutt January 29, 2006
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Nice way of saying "fucking the dog". Wasting time while on the clock.
I don't get much work done on Fridays, because I spend most of the day screwing the pooch.
by Motorhead October 15, 2011
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v.
1. To utterly and completely ruin a work venture, akin to "a royal fuck up".

2. The act of rendering something useless

3. To waste time. Usually connected to people not working to their potential.
"Bob really screwed the pooch on that assignment. Not a single stat was correct"

"Jen loves to screw the pooch. She has a world record high score in tetris on her office computer."

.... You know how (in the California highway construction) one guy actually works, while 3 guys stand around holding shovels watching him? - Those guys went to Screw the Pooch college to learn how to do that.
by Mcnostril January 16, 2006
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buy the farm...not just a screw up...the most major screw up...like auger in...ask a pilot
by upton semmes November 10, 2003
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