Fail Whale

The logo of the microblogging service Twitter, displayed prominently on its error page signifying server overload. Fail Whale is a common occurrence.

I wanted to submit twits for this day, but all I got was a Fail Whale.

by TweenkPL April 7, 2009

Fail Whale

a giant whale which 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

Fail Whale

Extreme fail, usually said after something you strongly disapprove of.

I was so pumped to go to the party on Saturday, but Heather wasn't even there. Fail whale!

by Scalcar June 6, 2009

Fail Whale

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

Fail Whale

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 March 1, 2012

Fail Whale

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

Fail Whale

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 11, 2010