GAU

(Anglès)

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, masculine) initialism of größter anzunehmender Unfall (“worst possible or foreseeable accident”): the worst possible accident considered for controlling, engineering, or planning when designing something such as a nuclear or industrial plant
2. (figuratively, masculine) worst case scenario

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡaʊ̯/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Calque of English maximum credible accident.

Sinònims

Katastrophe

Desaster

Debakel

Fiasko