Wiktionary
cock-up
n. (context mildly taboo slang English) A mistake.
Usage examples of "cock-up".
As Cameron rattled on about the cock-ups and frustrations of filming, all he could hear was prison doors clanging shut on him.
They have got away with it because, despite all their cock-ups over the years, MI6 is still eulogised by powerful parts of British society and wields disproportionate power in Whitehall.
Bureaucratic cock-ups, angry men lying in the mud, indecipherable strangers handing out inexplicable humiliations and an unidentified army of horsemen laughing at him in his head-what a day.
If this does stem back to the Lerans, any cock-up on our part would play right into their hands.
If this does stem back to the Lerans,any cock-up on our part would play right into theirhands.