possible profanity
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fluff(noun, verb, root, blunder, stumble)
10
mismanage(verb, drop, help, ruin, fail)
10
snafu(noun, verb, phrasal verb, upset, help)
8
bugger up(verb, phrasal verb)
7
bollocks up(verb, expression, goof, scrabble, misgovern)
7
fuck up(verb, phrasal verb)
7
goof(noun, verb, ruin, abuse, blow)
7
gum up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, help, correct)
6
bodge(verb, ruin, fail, damage, spoil)
6
botch up(verb, expression, goof, scrabble, botch)
6
confuse(verb, upset, disturb, obscure, spoil)
6
destroy(verb, ruin, damage, cancel, negate)
6
goof up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, help, correct)
6
miscalculate(verb, mistake, blunder, stumble, stray)
5
bollocks
5
butcher(verb, ruin, fool, incompetent, blunder)
5
confound(verb, upset, disturb, ruin, abuse)
5
mix up(verb, expression, upset, obscure, confuse)
5
pucker(verb, crush, draw, line, gather)
5
queer(verb, spoil, cancel, invalidate, quell)
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