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Fail
A regular word that became an overused meme
Summary
Previously a verb, meaning "to lose strength or weaken", 'fail' began its descent into madness and misuse sometime in 2008. Rather than being used in proper English as a verb (i.e. "This thread has failed."), the word came to be used as a noun (i.e. "This thread is fail.").
The Fail Blog started in January of 2009, and in an ironic twist, grew so rapidly in popularity (read: over-used) that 'fail' itself has become an indicator of failure OTI.
Origins
The meme (YOU FAIL IT) originates from the arcade game Blazing Star's wonderfully terrible Japanese-to-English translations. If you beat a level, the screen flashes with the words: "You beat it! Your skill is great!" If you lose, you are mocked: "You fail it! Your skill is not enough! See you next time! Bye bye!"
Current status
Dead as over 9000. Now overused by old media, middle-aged bloggers, and Facebook people.
Facts
- Possibly the most overused meme ever.
Images
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 A big truck (not a series of tubes) delivering your weekly helping of fail. |
 IM THE HUUUUUULLLK!!!! |
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 "Aw geez..." |
 You Fail! |
 Why doesn't this work? |
 Bob Dylan fail from "Subterranean Homesick Blues" |
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 FAIL IN ITS PUREST FORM!!!!! |
 If you had not said anything, nobody would know there was something here. |
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 FAIL |
 Epics fail - pwn times 5 |
 total epic fail |
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 macro I made |
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 Here we have a fail to troll someone so epic that it is actually a win. |
 Akaookami is not pleased and leaves AGAIN. |
 Dr Phil's counterpart |
 BEWEAR! |
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 FAIL |
 Noone fails quite as much as You do. |
 4chan cookie reads: "You will fail it." |
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 YOU FAIL AT INTERNET |
 No, it's not a double-negative. |
 Van Halen, failing since 1972 ' |
 fail is fail |
 Just one letter... |
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 scrambled plz |
 FAILBOAT!!! |
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 That's you in the background. |
 The fail amongst us. |
 fail and you (revised) |
 How do I failed life? |
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 failcat |
 All aboard! |
 another picture of fail. |
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 Quadruple Negative, Go Figure. |
 FAIL |
 Failing at looking buff |
 House of cards? |
 Not awesome... |
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 Fuk itt! |
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 FAIL |
 Fail |
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 Final Fantasy Fail Safe |
 You can't hide your failure from God. |
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 EPIC IRISH FAIL |
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 Third-party app being a miserable failure on the iPhone. |
 The fail is strong with this one |
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 Doin' it wrong. |
 MacOS X audio failed even more <s>(edited)</s> |
 Mission failed. |
 Mt. Fail |
 Myspace Forum Fail |
 Future Montessori student |
 Ru Paul presidential poster, parody of Obama and Ron Paul advertisement. SOURCE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmccorm/2186017036/ |
 Fantastic! |
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 bag says fail |
 Misuse of Man the Harpoons |
 fail in Soviet Poland |
 Sonic hedgehog fags failures basement dweller furfags fail at life |
 And yet they can blast fanfic writers for writing non-canonical stories... |
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 lol |
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 lulz |
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 Teh Fail! |
 In Soviet Russia mad men watches you! LULZ! GET IT, FAGGOT? |
 A GIF |
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