flub
- n an embarrassing mistake
- v make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- Sometimes you flub it and have to retype the letters, but otherwise you don't think about it much.
- Once worried that Yao would flub his NBA debut, local newspapers kept coverage of him to a minimum in the beginning of the season lest fans be disappointed; but now Chinese are .
- A veteran New York City news anchor flubs a line and an obscene catch phrase goes viral on the Internet.