Instantly tiresome expressions, cont'd
The whole "fail" thing has already gotten on my nerves. Just to show you how out of it I am, I don't even know where that one started. But I wish it would end.
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Comments (17)
Yeah, I have teenagers...they use it incessantly.
Posted by Jon | July 18, 2009 3:23 PM
From Urban Dictionary:
"Fail--
The real slang fail actually comes from party foul. It is commonly used when something goes wrong or does not fit the atmosphere of the situation. "Party Foul" is basically now being replaced by "FAIL" (Search Party Foul).
if someone spills beer -- "FAIL"
if someone breaks something -- "FAIL"
if someone embarrasses themselves -- "FAIL"
if someone does anything wrong -- "FAIL"
Also used thusly--
""Eat my brocolli and carrots? I DON'T WANT TO. YOU AND
MOM ARE MADE OF FAIL."
Jack, don't worry, you are not made of Fail.
Posted by Mr. Hand | July 18, 2009 4:17 PM
It even has its own set of modifiers!
EPIC FAIL!
Posted by Chris Coyle | July 18, 2009 5:26 PM
So, is that a problem or an issue?
Posted by Abe | July 18, 2009 5:46 PM
Don't blow a fuse, daddy-o! It's just the latest derivative subcultural generational idiom of ridicule or sarcasm (often group/self-reflexive) relating back to personal experience (sometimes only vicarious) with the blatant failures of the public school system educational model inflicted on a wide scale in the U.S. Viddy? And, pathetically & ironically enough, no professional set so often insists on being addressed as "Doctor" as over-educated "Education"-alists with Ph.D.'s.
Give me Prof. Irwin Corey anyday. You're a cool cat, too, Jack. As are many of the participants here.
23 skidoo!
Posted by Mojo | July 18, 2009 5:56 PM
I don't know. I have teenagers and they don't use it. I have seen it ad nauseum in comments from MLS supporters on sites such as the O and the Merc. Usually used in conjunction with "epic" - as in "epic fail," when they proceed to allegedly (in their minds only) "debunk" some sensible comment questioning the MLS fiasco.
I also vote for "oh noes." I frickin hate that.
Posted by Bartender | July 18, 2009 6:07 PM
I haven't heard this one yet. Still haven't got over "sweet", "as if", "Our New Economy", "just sayin'", "shovel-ready", "homeland", "soccer city", and "in the day."
Posted by NW Portlander | July 18, 2009 6:25 PM
Try this... ;-)
http://failblog.org/
Posted by Jon | July 18, 2009 7:07 PM
I second FailBlog... funny, even if the term is getting old.
Posted by TKrueg | July 18, 2009 8:02 PM
TriMet FAIL
Posted by Ben | July 18, 2009 8:52 PM
tram...fail
street cars...fail
condos at south waterfront...epic fail
Posted by portland native | July 18, 2009 9:02 PM
Recall...nano fail?
Posted by Mojo | July 18, 2009 9:29 PM
As far as tiresome expressions go, nothing trumps the righteous invocation of Godwin's Law for sheer willful, malevolent stupidity. It almost universally deployed solely to kill discourse and silence dissent; precisely the sort of behavior that comparisons to Nazis are so useful for.
Posted by ep | July 18, 2009 11:16 PM
i see your Fail and raise you a Lolcat:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
i can haz cheezburger now?
Posted by ecohuman.com | July 19, 2009 8:52 AM
It seems less threatening than a bit of the old ultraviolence, Clockwork-wise.
Posted by Max | July 19, 2009 11:46 AM
....another one that has me scratching my head is the way kids use the word "gay" as a way of expressing displeasure or disappointment in something. As in, "...dude that's totally gay...".
Yet for the most part they are the most open minded, least prejudiced group I can think of, typically accepting their gay friends without a second thought. Weird....
Posted by T.L. | July 19, 2009 5:58 PM
"Douche" is completely out of control. You could put "Fail" and "Tool" together and it still would not jumped the shark as bad as "Douche"
Posted by yea | July 20, 2009 8:15 AM