v.
1. To utterly and completely ruin a work
venture, akin to "a
royal fuck up".
2. The act of rendering something useless
3. To
waste time. Usually connected to people not working to their potential.
"Bob really
screwed the pooch on that assignment. Not a single stat was correct"
"Jen loves to
screw the pooch. She has a world record high score in tetris on her office computer."
.... You know how (in the California highway construction) one guy actually works, while 3 guys stand around holding
shovels watching him? - Those guys went to
Screw the Pooch college to learn how to do that.