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cock-up
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cock-up (kkp)
n. Chiefly British Slang
A blunder; a mess.
Translations
cock-up n (Brit) (fam) → casino
cock-up n (Brit) (fam) → casino


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Seasonal variations of the fabric are easy to adjust, and the whole seems remarkably robust, manipulable and free of the large numbers of sensors and servo-motors that make so-called 'intelligent' buildings expensive to maintain, and vulnerable to mechanical and software cock-ups.
The design, by architects ARCAS of Knokke for developers Gebroeders Vandekerckhove of Ingelmunster, is the result of one of those cock-ups (comical and tragic, and sometimes an absurd combination of both) which seem to beset Belgium at the moment.
 
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