(n.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.
Example Sentences:
(1) We had all zoned out a bit at the end of a long ceremony, but woke up with a start when La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz announced that it was a mistake, that Moonlight has won, and said what must for him have been sickening words: “This is not a joke.” Don't let that Oscars blunder overshadow Moonlight's monumental achievement Read more After that brush with the cockup-iceberg, our awards-season flagship Titanic was to limp very sheepishly into port.
(2) 'Maybe he needs to read more widely': authors respond to Gay Talese Read more Cockups are more easily forgiven when they happen in the latter half of a career.
(3) But what should we think – conspiracy, cockup or thinly veiled chaos?
(4) Cockup of the great toe is characterized by persistent extension of the first metatarsophalangeal joint; the interphalangeal joint also may be involved.
(5) This wasn't my mum's choice; it was because of a series of cockups at the hospital.