someone you fails as bad a as the sham-wow guy, and doing something completely stupid. usually referring to females
she sham-failed when she tried to talk to a random Hispanic person for 5 mins then realized he didn't know Spanish at all.
by cemetery (seminary) sucks October 21, 2010

by rebatable_student February 22, 2019

A failing love is when you have an undeniable love for your partner/crush and they drifted apart from you/you both lose the connection you had with eachother.
by Baby Dracula 7z July 11, 2016

When Royal Mail employees are so lazy that they expect to deliver parcels late for £10+ per hour otherwise they collectively don't bother turning up to work at all creating the Royal Fail.
Joe: "Yo, Dave, did you get round to buying those creps for your missus?"
Dave: "Nah, mate. Otherwise I'd be waiting over a month for the Royal Fail to deliver them, better to go with UPS"
Dave: "Nah, mate. Otherwise I'd be waiting over a month for the Royal Fail to deliver them, better to go with UPS"
by uknationalist1995 October 1, 2022

"Omg shaniqua, I totally goofed the other night." "Guuul whatchu mean?" "Guuurrl he be puttin that rod in my stank bank and I totally butt failed
.." "Aww naw.gurl that no good."
.." "Aww naw.gurl that no good."
by anonymous March 25, 2021

someone with limited talent who none the less advances in a line of work based on the success of their much more notable and interesting uncle
Ted's just a fail nephew, the only reason anyone takes him seriously is his uncle William Nordhaus is a famous climate economist
by HuertDog May 11, 2020

Me: Hey, did you hear about the hockey goalie that scored on his own net?
Friend: Yeah, I saw the replay. That definitely was a life fail.
Friend: Yeah, I saw the replay. That definitely was a life fail.
by Triple L77 February 26, 2018
