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A person who fails.
Oh my god, your such a failio for misspelling your own name on a test.
Failio by 3mikee_ January 9, 2009
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Failo Effect 

First coined by Invisible/FACEandLMS/MyFemaleEquivalentDoesntHaveToWork on PUAHate.

THE LOOKS SCALE

0 ----------- 3 ----------- 5 ----------- 7 -------------10 (less......>>>........... more attractivness)
FAILO EFFECT.........................................HALO EFFECT

The Halo effect is well known. We associate beautiful (tall, slim, good face, youthful hair, healthy youthful skin, etc) people with good qualities, such as confidence, fitness, charisma, less likely to commit crimes, more giving, better parents, more skillful, etc. We are more likely to remember a beautiful face. And when we do, we will be more likely to remember positive things about it.

We tend not to associate any qualities (as strongly) with average looking people - as most people are average looking. Looks are on a bell curve: very few people are really ugly, very few are really attractive - most hover around "average". We tend to be more neutral towards average looking people. We find them forgettable.

However, in contrast to the Halo effect, I coined the term "the FAILO effect". If you see an ugly man, who's short, balding, wrinkled skin, fat, and wearing thick glasses, you associate his ugly looks with negative qualities such as low self esteem, unfitness, no charisma, more likely to be a criminal, etc. You are more likely to remember the ugliest person you've ever seen than an average looking person. And along with that, you will most likely remember negative things about that person.
Brad Pitt walks up to a slim, young, beautiful woman and asks her out on a date:
Her: "Omigod, yes. What are you doing now? Wanna go somewhere?"
Him: "I be halo-effecting women on the daily, yo".

Danny DeVito walks up to a slim, young, beautiful woman and asks her out on a date:
Her: "Eew, creepy. Go away, you bald manlet".

Him: "I just can't get away from that Failo Effect."
Failo Effect by FACEandLMS December 19, 2013
Related Words
White, middle-class, male, useless people—who have just enough family context to not be crushed by poverty.
Felix, the failson of the family, goes downstairs at Thanksgiving, briefly mumbles, ‘Hi,’ everyone asks him how community college is going, he mumbles something about a 2.0 average, goes back upstairs with a loaf of bread and some peanut butter, and gets back to gaming and masturbating.
failson by the_new_new_dirtbag November 18, 2016

Failin' Palin

Ex-governor of Alaska and ex-vice presidential canidate who refuses to just fade away quitely- what with her book tours, TV deals, and that stupid "tea party". Continues to voice her opinion on everything as if her opinion really matters anymore.
Why won't Failin' Palin just shut up and go away already! She didn't win the vice presidency (thank goodness) and she's not even a governor anymore.
Failin' Palin by mdmsnw76 March 28, 2010

failing up 

(verb, intransitive) to derive gain in spite of failure that would usually either preclude said gain or have adverse consequences.
Even though Fred was the salesman who lost the big advertising account, he is failing up to a seat on the Board of Directors.
failing up by Nestor W. March 5, 2008

Failosophy 

An idea from a person that fails.
Everyone hates the idea, and it should be rejected immediately.
Billy: Noobs are the coolest people ever.
Bob: What the hell, no. Dude, that's seriously a failosophy...
Failosophy by Simply Stefani; December 27, 2008

failbook page 

A facebook group or fan page that:

1: Makes you join it in order to see the picture or list.

2: Has a really long and annoying name.

3: Is about some random thing that happens in everyday life.
1: Bob has joined "OMG LOOK AT THIS PICTURE!"

2: Stephanie likes "This has a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very long name"

3: George likes "I know what the word is but I can't describe the definition" and "I spazz when I dream that I'm falling"

Bob: OMG where is the super awesome picture?

Stephanie: Liek iknorite?

George: WHOOOAAA, I just had a dream that I fell.

Sensible person: Guys, seriously, stop joining all these failbook pages.
failbook page by Nieow May 22, 2010
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A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."
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A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.
Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?
city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006
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“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real
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just fokin missing her

native american reservation origin... to miss an ex so badly that everyone can see it.. can be used for either sex eg. just fokin missing her/him
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me : look at you all sad & shit
friend : shut up!
me : just fokin missing her huh?
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endwarfins

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I only meant to watch the Heigh-Ho scene for the endwarfins, and then it was two hours later and I'd watched the whole movie.

Endwarfins aren't just a Snow White thing — I get the same hit off the Lollipop Guild in Oz.
endwarfins by Howard Ogden September 13, 2026
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“Did you see that caillou over there? His head is reflecting the sun like a disco ball.”
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