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Also in French!

• simonebrunozzi 8y ago
  But it's originally an Italian word: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fiasco https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fiasco
• the-dude 8y ago
  And in Dutch!
• escherplex 8y ago
  Wondered why that name was chosen too. Etymology meaning failure does show it to come from Italian far fiasco = make a bottle = dud theatrical performance. Reminds you of GM motors wondering why their Chevy Nova wasn't selling well in Latin America. Why? In Spanish Nova = No va = It doesn't go (work).
  • nix0n 8y ago
    Snopes[0] disagrees with this story. [0] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanis...
    • escherplex 8y ago
      It is still a marketing class cliché [1] however debunked [1] https://www.thoughtco.com/chevy-nova-that-wouldnt-go-3078090 https://www.thoughtco.com/chevy-nova-that-wouldnt-go-3078090
  • dsr_ 8y ago
    If you knock a glass bottle off of a table, it makes a terrible mess.
  • kayamon 8y ago
    I believe the name deliberately refers to the licensing fiasco over who owned the original rights to the L4 kernel that the many spinoffs are based on.
• sedatk 8y ago
  In Turkish, too!