mangler
/ˈmæŋɡlər/
noun
- A person or thing that damages, ruins, or destroys something badly.
- The machine was a mangler of fabric, tearing every piece that went through it.
- That editor is a notorious mangler of good writing, turning it into nonsense.
- The careless driver was a mangler of parked cars on the narrow street.
- A person who performs a task very poorly, especially in speaking or performing.
- He's a real mangler of jokes, always forgetting the punchline.
- Don't let that mangler of instructions near the new employees.
- The singer was a mangler of classic songs, hitting every wrong note.