cock up

What the hell does cock up mean???

Does anyone know what it means?

by William Shakespeare December 12, 2003

cock-up

A shambles. Sounds vulgar, but may not be; it may be a grouse shooting term. Customarily, shooters employ beaters to disturb birds on the ground and drive them into the air towards the guns. Normally one only shoots grouse hens, so if the beaters were by mistake to put up a grouse cock, they would warn the guns not to shoot by shouting "Don't shoot! It's a cock up!"

Can also be a transitive and intransitive verb.

One's whole shoot today was a disaster - one cock up after another. Now where's Camilla, the slapper? One feels like giving her a Dirty Sanchez. - Prince Charles

Another day, another cock-up - Tony Blair on the Iraq situation

The whole Iraq situation has cocked up badly - Tony Blair on the Iraq situation

I really cocked up Iraq, didn't I? - Tony Blair on the Iraq situation

by Tony and Cherie Blair July 21, 2006

Cock-Up

Another word for screw-up or screwup; to err.

Nothing goes right - it's just one cock-up after another!

by mrbadguy23 December 28, 2005

Cock-Up

A complete push up except without using one's hands, and instead using one's cock.

That fools doing cock-ups, is that even possible?

by Toxic Rage November 19, 2004

Cock-up Cascade

A unbroken chain of bad decisions, usually resulting in the creation of something that is bad in theory and even worse in practice. First used by video game reviewer Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw.

Yahtzee: "Homefront: The Revolution is a perfect example of a cock-up cascade."

by Father Gascoigne January 17, 2017

Cock-Up Blocker

(n) 1. Software installed on one's hard drive to prevent various interweb cock ups. 2. What livejournal should have installed on their servers to prevent Strikethrough 2007.

Livejournal: I'm in ur journals bahleetin ur pr0n.
Livejournal users: O NOES U GOT THE WRONG PR0N. GIVE IT BACK.
Livejournal: O HAY. Our bad. Will install Cock-Up Blocker ASAP.

by faire_weather June 22, 2007

Cock-up cascade

A stealth video game situation where stealth is no longer an option and you can either fight and will probably die, or restart from the last checkpoint.

"cock-up cascade isn't a problem in that game"

by Labradorite July 28, 2022