oh em gee, we must help that beached whale.
no let's lol at the fail whale
by XombieJer March 2, 2010
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a giant whale who appears at times of epic fail.
'Crap, I tried to jump the step but landed on my face instead'
'Jack, you just summoned the fail whale'
by Benjy-x June 28, 2009
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You start to do an awkward turtle but instead of using your thumbs, you accidentally use your pinky fingers. This is a social fail and so to save embarrassment you pull your hands back in with both your thumbs and pinky fingers clenched in. This is the Fail Whale.
Sophia: OMG Rhys! You know Siobhan?
Rhys: Yeah she's a total social hand grenade.
Sophia: I know right? Well she just did a massive Fail Whale and everyone decided to throw her into the ocean. How ironic!
Rhys: Alanis Morissette butchered that word. Never speak of it again.
by RamboThunder January 31, 2012
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A person who fails very badly, Mark Gilbert Delorme
When Mark dropped the ball, he was called a fail whale
by Howimetyourmother.com August 12, 2009
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Epic failure, loaded with embarrassment, consistent with blogging mishaps in the tumblr community.
So-and-so already blogged that image, you n00b! Fail Whale!
by pacalin December 10, 2010
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1) When things fail so bad that not even the phrase "Epic Fail" will work

2) The point of which things suck beyond a "fail whale"

3) When attempting something stupid and failing
!) Bluefir111: I saw a building in San francisco that was called "Epic" I wanted to run up to the building and spray pain "Fail" at the end of it, but I got caught.

Ice Queen: Wow that is an Epic Fail Whale.
by bluefir111 July 13, 2009
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To hunt for the Fail Whale on Twitter. Also known as trying to crash Twitter and get the Fail Whale.
Lets go Fail Whale Hunting, mate!
by Gagameup July 26, 2010
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