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Butt Fail

Definition:

The accidental act of calling someone because your phone was in your back pocket and your backside did the dialing.

A gloriously literal mistranslation of “butt dial” into German (“Hintern scheitern”) that technically means “butt fail” - which, honestly, isn’t wrong.

Example 1:
“Sorry for the 2 a.m. breathing call. Total butt fail.”

Example 2:
“I didn’t mean to FaceTime my boss from the gym locker room. Major butt fail.”

Origin:
A machine-translation masterpiece. “Butt dial” → “Hintern scheitern” → “butt fail.” Linguistically incorrect. Spiritually accurate.

Butt Fail by buttfail February 28, 2026