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Fail-safe

1. Incorporating a feature to a product, when a malfunction occurs, capable of returning to a working state automatically.
2. Guaranteed to work, reliable.
"We've made it fail-safe by adding a extra NiCad battery incase the main battery fails."
"This recipe is fail-safe, anyone could do it."
by sigridda April 30, 2023
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Generational Relay Race Fail

When previous generation member/s either deliberately or through inaction, deprives an upcoming generation of a family's birthright to its rightful inheritance of property and/or assets. The inheritance is the baton which had not been handed over to the next generation, in the Relay Race.
I could have owned money, property or a business but my parent/s decided. they couldn't be bothered signing some legal dcuments, and left my inheritance in limbo for someone else to grab. Man, what a Generational Relay Race Fail.
by MauCougar September 20, 2023
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Puppy Fail

An unsuccessful attempt by your dog to perform a common activity such as jumping onto the couch, bed, chair, etc., as a result of misjudging the distance of the jump and effort necessary to complete it. More common among smaller dogs. A true puppy fail may appear as if Mutombo was defending the object upon which your pup was trying to land.
Dexter totally just puppy failed trying to jump onto the recliner with me.
by Caffeine fiend January 16, 2020
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mojo fail

a failure that, while possibly excusable, creates such a bad energy or reputation that the entity in question must take the blame anyway, often severely
Even though it came out later that Cody Parkey's infamous "double-doink" field-goal miss had in fact been tipped, the whole thing was such a mojo fail that the Bears released him and no other team wanted to touch him.

"I know it's not your fault, but it's still your fault. It was a total mojo fail."
by phraseo February 4, 2020
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fail nephew

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
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by zeed135 September 30, 2020
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