1. Getting rejected while trying to enter a gated area by following close behind someone who has legitimate access.
2. In a group project when one member does not complete their task on time and gates progession of the project.
2. In a group project when one member does not complete their task on time and gates progession of the project.
1. Ha! Did you see that guy? He is totally fail gating me.
2. Bob is fail gating the entire project because he couldn't complete his report.
2. Bob is fail gating the entire project because he couldn't complete his report.
by dahoe August 5, 2011
Get the fail gating mug.A lack of success, a poor mark on an examination, to dwindle or become insufficient. A verb used without object. Currently at an all time high for generic, widespread misuse. The act of FAILURE being the most often intended and correct conjugation, which seems largely to have been forgotten.
Saying something was a FAIL is incorrect, and should be described as a FAILURE.
Saying something was a FAIL is incorrect, and should be described as a FAILURE.
by Arruglia August 5, 2011
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A device, machine, or other construct that will inevitably fail, given enough time, and that will be devastating in the amount of fail it causes when it does.
This 1 TB SSD is worth by far more than the rest of my entire computer, but it's a ticking failbomb.
by Ardvaark March 31, 2014
Get the failbomb mug.A real life troll who lets his friends down because someone in the wrong corner of germany is fascinated by schadeyfrauding.
Timmy :Lol you think im your friend but im shadyfrauding. Get over it . Are you OK ?
Tommy : You are a failbot. Get cancer.
Tommy : You are a failbot. Get cancer.
by Jo Mom Sophat December 3, 2016
Get the Failbot mug.What you call Apple's Face ID feature when it fails to unlock your Apple phone using face recognition.
iPhone owner: "Bro, my iPhone won't unlock, facial recognition isn't working all of a sudden."
iPhone critic: "Fail ID! So much for artificial intelligence and all that stuff."
iPhone critic: "Fail ID! So much for artificial intelligence and all that stuff."
by 306Rawj September 12, 2017
Get the Fail ID mug.A white male baby boomer whose wife got tired of his shit and left him. His kids shun him like the plague. Says psychiatry is "just a crutch for weak people" while being an alcoholic with crippling emotional insecurities he refuses to get help for. Blames everyone but himself for his problems.
"When will I get to meet your father?" "You don't want to meet him. He just sits at home drinking and feeling sorry for himself while watching Fox News all day. He's a total faildad."
by Analvortex9000 March 9, 2020
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