Fail up

This timeless quote by Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett is inspiring and simply means to learn from ones missteps, learn our lessons and get going again. 'The most important thing is to strive to move forward continually. Some days we make great progress in some areas; other days we seem to slide a bit. If we were to chart our progress on a board, it has ups and downs, but overall it should move upward as we live and learn from our mistakes and failures. This is the heart of Failing Up.' Source: The Single Greatest Secret of Leadership: 'Fail Up', from an article in Forbes Magazine

"Ever tried. Ever failed.
No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." ~ Samuel Beckett

New mantra: Fail fast

Every day that we wake up, we get another chance to get it right, to bounce back from failures big and small - to fail up.

by Dumdum November 22, 2013

Asian Fail

When an asian doesn't get an A on an assignment/test/class.

Asian kid #1: Ah crap, I failed.
Asian Kid #2: Fail or Asian fail?
Asian kid #1: B+, Asian fail.

by Gaz3rock May 26, 2009

fail candy

anything that seems to make you fail after wards.

"dude i just ate some fail candy and i keep getting pwnd."

by yourmom6t9s May 15, 2009

Quantum fail

A fail that, when examined extremely closely, fails in a very different and surprising way to the one expected.

Reflects the strange behaviour of subatomic particles when observed.

The contract seemed reasonable, but when I examined the small print I realised it was a QUANTUM FAIL.

by LFDD April 5, 2010

lurk fail

When someone tries to lurk but utterly fails to do so anonymously. Constantly changing their messenger status, or disconnecting / rejoining IRC channels.

20:33 -!- <noob> has joined #some-channel
20:33 < noob> logger url
20:33 <@coolguy> lurk fail

by wowallthegoodnamesaretaken October 22, 2010

phantom fail

Failure that is secretly cloaked by the outward appearance of success. When one masks their shortcomings by distracting others with a random achievement.

chick: That guy seems really cool!
friend: No way. He's just covering his shitty personality by taking on the appearance of an edgy geek.

chick: I see... another case of phantom fail.

by thechickencow March 15, 2011

asian fail

asian fails include
-not getting into harvard and all those type schools
- having 2-3 ap classes
- getting below a A in anything or 100%
- 4.8>5.0
- not having at least 3 academic awards
- not being valedictorian
- not getting a scholarship from grades
- not getting at least a 1500 on SAT
- hanging out with friends rather than studying
- refusing to play an instrument
- not doing a martial art
- not having at least 2 backpacks for books
- having a social life
- not being in ap calculus bc by sophomore year

guy: shit i for sure going to fail this test
asian- same me too im going to fail
guy thinking in his head: stfu u going to get a 100 you bastard nerd
takes test

the next week:
guy: damn i knew it got a 69 (savagely smirks while his tongue licks his lips)
asian: (starts tearing up)
guy thinking in his head: damn she prob fail too
guy asking asian: so what did u get
asian mumbling: i..ii..ii failed (proceeds to cry hard)
guy: so whats your score
asian: (continues crying)
guy: so whats your score
asian mumbling: i.i..i.i..i.ii got a 93
guy: wtf r u crying you got an A-
guy thinking in his head: welp just your everyday asian nerd
asian: i studied for 7 hours to only get to a 93 i failed i failed (continues to cry)
guy: so hows your parents going to react to this
asian: might as well dig a grave they do only accept 100 it is going to drop my 5.0 gpa to a 4.94 I have made a disgrace to my families name (sneezes loudly while wiping tears off thin rectangle glasses)
guy: welp good luck next time u asian fail
teacher: wtf is going on jennifer

by dunkirk2341 May 12, 2018