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Fail-Safe
The greatest film in history. "Fail-Safe" was a perfect production crossed with an ultimate cast. Made in 1964 it may have saved the planet. It showed what might happen if the "nuke 'em' system" fucked-up. Fail-Safe sobered its audiences. It made the world more "nuclear smart." Writers Burdick and Heller haunted the world with their view of a possibly tragic future.
You're the president of the United States. Your bombers have "blown past" their "fail-safe points" in a tragic error. As you and your translator "sweat blood," end of the world destiny unfolds right before your very eyes in "Fail-Safe."
Fail-Safe by the pro from Dover May 11, 2011
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Failsafe • safety fail • Fail • fail at life • fail kid • fail muffin • fail scale • fail snail • Fail-tality • Fail Asian
Fail-safe
1. Incorporating a feature to a product, when a malfunction occurs, capable of returning to a working state automatically.
2. Guaranteed to work, reliable.
2. Guaranteed to work, reliable.
safety fail
To "safety fail" is to intentionally fail or fail to complete a major assignment or test in a given class because (according to calculations) it is impossible for the assignment to cause one's overall grade in the class to drop by a letter or have any significant changes
Sarah: Hey what are did you write about on the essay for the final in English?
Chris: Haha I didn't...I took a nap. I had over a 100% in that class so it wouldn't have changed my grade. I might as well have safety failed it.
Chris: Haha I didn't...I took a nap. I had over a 100% in that class so it wouldn't have changed my grade. I might as well have safety failed it.
safety fail by lordvoldemort8989 May 19, 2011
Failsafe
To avoid, at all cost, any situation that might remotely result in a failure on your, and your liabilities, part.
Example 1:
Stan: "Hey man, let's go to the mall, I want to get something to eat."
Sami: "Nah man, you're only hungry because you have post-high munchies. We should wait at my house before we go out anywhere. Plus, I have some Doritos at home you can munch on."
Stan: "Sweet, failsafe."
Example 2:
Sami: "Hey Charlie, can me and my girlfriend skip school at your house?"
Charlie: "Sure, but you'll have to leave before 12, my mother might come home early for lunch. Gotta be failsafe man."
Sami: "Word!"
Stan: "Hey man, let's go to the mall, I want to get something to eat."
Sami: "Nah man, you're only hungry because you have post-high munchies. We should wait at my house before we go out anywhere. Plus, I have some Doritos at home you can munch on."
Stan: "Sweet, failsafe."
Example 2:
Sami: "Hey Charlie, can me and my girlfriend skip school at your house?"
Charlie: "Sure, but you'll have to leave before 12, my mother might come home early for lunch. Gotta be failsafe man."
Sami: "Word!"
Failsafe by Sami Philadelphia October 6, 2009
Failsafe
Failsafe by Baldy Solo October 12, 2018
Failsafe
Failsafe rules!
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