A word that can now be used to mark a particularly
horrible mistake, such as messing up the lyrics to the national anthem of the United States before a major sporting event that is being viewed by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
The word "ramparts" was specifically chosen in reference to the line of the United States national anthem that was fumbled by Christina Aguilera during her performance at Super Bowl
XLV on
February 6th, 2011.
As Christina
walked off of the field after
botching her performance of the national anthem at Super Bowl
XLV, she smacked her hand to her forehead and exclaimed, "ramparts!"