English Word of the Day: DEBACLE

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Hi students! It’s day 5 of our special series, Word of the Day in May. Today’s word is a kind of funny-sounding one, and it is debacle. Three syllables here, with the stress on the middle one: de-BAC-le. Debacle.

A debacle is a complete disaster or failure. Something where everything went wrong or badly. Let’s say there’s a disastrous wedding where the groom gets drunk, and someone knocks over the wedding cake, and the bride gets into a screaming argument with her mother – that wedding would be a debacle, a total disaster.

Sometimes it happens that a company tries to sell its product in a different country, but the name of the product means something bad in that country’s language. Like there’s a car called the Nova, but in Spanish, “no va” means “it doesn’t go.” So if the company spent a ton of money advertising a product with a bad name, that would be a debacle, a complete failure.

What about you? When have you seen or experienced a debacle? Let’s share some disaster stories in the comments.
I hope you’ve enjoyed learning today’s word of the day, and I’ll be back with another one tomorrow. Bye for now!

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Hi Shayna, how's it going?
The covid19 has caused a debacle worldwide.
In the US, how the government has handled the pandemic has been a debacle.
My friend didn't study for his final school exam; as you can imagine, his results ended in a debacle.
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Dont'n study English with Shayna could end in a debacle.

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the economic debacle that became a cause of concern for most people of the world.
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Trying to study during late night instead of going for a sound sleep is a debacle of good health.

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Thank you, I didn't know the meaning

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In the beginning meeting her was a very pleasant experience, as time went on she became more and more demanding and our relationship turned out to be a debacle.

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