to be brought down by the weight of one's own hype
to be hoisted on one's own petard
Stems from the server crashes experienced by Apple Computer on July 11, 2008 during the simultaneous launch of the 3G iPhone, the iPhone and iPod Touch 2.0 OS, and MobileMe, which resulted in chaos at stores and inability to update for millions
to be hoisted on one's own petard
Stems from the server crashes experienced by Apple Computer on July 11, 2008 during the simultaneous launch of the 3G iPhone, the iPhone and iPod Touch 2.0 OS, and MobileMe, which resulted in chaos at stores and inability to update for millions
"I tried to host a house party last night, but I put it on Facebook and five hundred people showed up. The cops had to break it up with the riot squad."
"Dude, you got a 7/11 fail."
"Dude, you got a 7/11 fail."
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used as another word for 'suck', such as an unfortunate event happening to a person. it is a cruel and funny way to emphasize the pain of the person "failing"
person no#1: u heard about the guy that locked himself in his room and played WoW for 72 hours and died?
person # 2: fail
person # 2: fail
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(photograph shows a tanker in the process of capsizing right next to the dock, dumping all of its cargo into the ocean)
CAPTION: Failboat always delivers
CAPTION: Failboat always delivers
by Frank VB October 22, 2008
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Caveman: "Hey Andrew, remember when Pockets (insert horribly mediocre failure at a menial task)?"
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Andrew: "Pockets! Failcore!"
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