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Commonly used in forums, chatrooms, and online games. Used to symbolise that whatever the previous or quoted person said had just completely failed, being a fail in grammar, or life. The / before the fail is derived from HTML language in which ending a function defined by a /. The / also emphasises how the person in question failed and should not continue to post moronic things on 'teh interwebs' as their father taught them, but to ask to have their passport and material possessions confiscated and have themselves shipped off to a third world country.
Forum Newbie: omgliek this 1 ti3m i just did this most 31337 ting w a sheep an i fink i l0st my virginity liek i think ths must be gd f0r my life liek i n33d to visit mi mo7her/sist3r in teh jailz and tel her?! omgwtfbbq

Forum Vet: ahem. /fail

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/fail by insomniac888 September 29, 2007
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either an interjection used when one disapproves of something, or a verb meaning approximately the same thing as the slang form of suck.
1] "you actually bought that? FAIL"
2] "this movie fails."
Fail by jack July 22, 2003
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A baseball player swings at a ball and the ball instead hits him in the groin. FAIL!
Fail by elliott113 February 15, 2008
1. Another word for "suck", most probably derived from the world of internet gaming.

2. To not achieve
1. What do you mean you lost? YOU FAIL!

2. I failed at achieving sickness to avoid the presentation.
fail by The Kevin August 30, 2005
Fail.

The original Leeroy Love Fail stamp! - Ⓕail
"M8..... i gota B*, i's wel brite!"

Ⓕail
Ⓕail by Leeroy Love December 22, 2010
A word that used to mean "not succeeding" and was used by normal, literate people.

But these days "fail" is mostly used on the internet by no-life teenage losers. (Sometimes even in real life)

They say phrases such as "this FAILS", "you FAIL at life" and "FAIL" and "EPIC FAIL".
Pathetic cunt: tHhis FAILZZ!!!
EPIC FAIL1!!!!
PHAIL!!1111
YOU FAIL!!!111 AT LIFE!!111

Normal human being: Look who's talking. *Gets a gun out and shoots the douche*
Fail by mrcrazynukenuke123 November 30, 2009
When someone says or does something extremely stupid that causes them to look like a huge newb, usually results in self inflicted pain and humiliation.
"Lauren, Jurasic Park is a movie, not a place! FAIL!"

"Watch, Carly is about to do a belly flop... FAIL!"
FAIL! by TurboNewb June 24, 2008
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