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epic fail

noun

Definitions

  1. An utter failure, especially where success should have been reasonably expected.

    • Maybe next the cloud overhead would open up and a huge cartoon hand emerge from below, pointing at him, accompanied by a thunderous, authorial voice: TOM MERCER. EPIC FAIL.
    • The second sentence is saying ‘Gina greedily anticipates even more than the monthly doubling of her bank balance’ — more than is modifying expects. Not the same meaning at all. Sorry computer, epic fail!
    • “What, you thought you could flee to Canada and hide from your epic fail? […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA