mode of failure

1. When talking about machines, the way it dies/becomes permanently unusable/gets bricked/gets broken.
2. Refers to the method by which anything/anyone with a fixed life span meets their doom.

1. An overclocked CPU's mode of failure is usually overheating.
1. If the blown engine's mode of failure is a cracked connecting rod, you should modify the connecting rod to make it stronger.
2. Instead of being stabbed with a spear, a common mode of failure for Presidents of the US who die in office is being shot with a firearm.
2. "In the 1st Millennium, a common mode of failure for Popes was martyrdom."

by Braveheart's thirst for blood August 21, 2006

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Fricko Mode

When you dummy messed up, or when you need to fricking dip

Ohh fricko mode guys my parents caught me beating my meat

by Thaefathan April 05, 2019

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timber mode

Getting so drunk that it's hard to walk or stand and you are falling over.

I got in timber mode last night.

by Keatzal October 11, 2010

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noddy mode

Noddy Mode is when your computer screen is in lowest resolution or when something is MASSIVE so that even the simplest of simpletons could see.

Xara Xtreme Pro 3.2 seems to have the Noddy mode turned on by default. I'm pleased that I'm not the only one who found the changes odd, but am disheartened to see others reported the same thing two months ago without resolution... Shame that Xtreme Pro 3 .0 and 3.2 can't sit side by side - I think I'll have to install Xtreme 2.0 back onto my PC to work in the "non-Noddy" mode.

by Bodger2010 March 07, 2017

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