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A term describing the Xbox games Halo 2 and Halo 3.

Both Halo 2 and Halo 3 were over-hyped bull plop of games which were bundled with the Xbox 360 console as well as through conventional video game retailers.

Part of the overhype was due to the success of the first Halo game in the series (Halo Combat Evolved) which made the successive games appear to be shallow copies brought out to milk the franchise by Bungie and Microsoft.
Guy: Your playing Halo 3 again?

Gamer: Yes, it's the best game on the planet!

Guy: More like it should of been named failo!
Failo by Halo Hateboy09 May 17, 2009
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Failo Effect 

First coined by Invisible/FACEandLMS/MyFemaleEquivalentDoesntHaveToWork on PUAHate.

THE LOOKS SCALE

0 ----------- 3 ----------- 5 ----------- 7 -------------10 (less......>>>........... more attractivness)
FAILO EFFECT.........................................HALO EFFECT

The Halo effect is well known. We associate beautiful (tall, slim, good face, youthful hair, healthy youthful skin, etc) people with good qualities, such as confidence, fitness, charisma, less likely to commit crimes, more giving, better parents, more skillful, etc. We are more likely to remember a beautiful face. And when we do, we will be more likely to remember positive things about it.

We tend not to associate any qualities (as strongly) with average looking people - as most people are average looking. Looks are on a bell curve: very few people are really ugly, very few are really attractive - most hover around "average". We tend to be more neutral towards average looking people. We find them forgettable.

However, in contrast to the Halo effect, I coined the term "the FAILO effect". If you see an ugly man, who's short, balding, wrinkled skin, fat, and wearing thick glasses, you associate his ugly looks with negative qualities such as low self esteem, unfitness, no charisma, more likely to be a criminal, etc. You are more likely to remember the ugliest person you've ever seen than an average looking person. And along with that, you will most likely remember negative things about that person.
Brad Pitt walks up to a slim, young, beautiful woman and asks her out on a date:
Her: "Omigod, yes. What are you doing now? Wanna go somewhere?"
Him: "I be halo-effecting women on the daily, yo".

Danny DeVito walks up to a slim, young, beautiful woman and asks her out on a date:
Her: "Eew, creepy. Go away, you bald manlet".

Him: "I just can't get away from that Failo Effect."
Failo Effect by FACEandLMS December 19, 2013
Related Words
Wonky, jumbled. A word made up by Tally Hall to describe their albums which don’t stick to one genre, instead mixing multiple. Weird and irregular.
Rob: “We used to call ourselves a wonky rock band, but then I think people started to characterize exactly what wonkiness was and we didn’t want that to happen.”
Zubin: “We made up another word, Fabloo.”
Rob: “we’re a fabloo rock band now.”
Fabloo by Queen Breezy January 14, 2019

Fail Squad 

A group or organization of people who have proven time and time again that the only thing that can be expected of them, is failure.

Tony Hayward, CEO of BP, is said to have been the leader of the worlds first Fail Squad.
In May of 2010 the worlds first, real, fail squad presented itself in the form of BP. The energy company responsible for making our home "Earth" bleed out crude oil into our oceans at the rate of thousands, to hundreds of thousands of gallons per day.

Fail Baiting 

When someone attempts a ridiculous /impossible feat while being videotaped, with the hopes of creating a viral fail video.
"Hey dude...get your phone and film me riding this pogo stick on that coffee table"
"What? ... thats ghey dude...your totally fail baiting"
Fail Baiting by reevstar June 11, 2016

Giga Fail 

A fail that is so extreme, that it tests the very fabric of nature, religious beliefs, technological advancements, and the origins of life as we know it. The 11th commandment should have been "Thou Shall Not Take Part in Giga Fails." This is how extreme a Giga Fail is.
"That fugly chick who bought me this poster is a Giga Fail."

"The fact that you were born is a Giga Fail in itself."

"Your skills at cooking bacon is a Giga Fail."
Giga Fail by King of Apes November 7, 2011

too big to fail 

Excuse given by those supporting the wealthy establishment for why millions in taxpayer dollars should be given to large corporations to prevent them from defaulting.
Fake News made sure to drive the point home every few minutes that $10 billion needed to be given to Goldman Sachs because it is too big to fail (that is, so that their investors wouldn't take such a hard hit).
too big to fail by rich rick July 22, 2011
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God Shot 

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."
God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011
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city chicken 

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.
Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?
city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006
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Is that cake?

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“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
Yeah whoops this isn’t real”
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just fokin missing her

native american reservation origin... to miss an ex so badly that everyone can see it.. can be used for either sex eg. just fokin missing her/him
friend : *noticably sad*
me : look at you all sad & shit
friend : shut up!
me : just fokin missing her huh?
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endwarfins

The rush of neurotransmitters and neuropeptides triggered specifically by watching the Seven Dwarfs march home singing "Heigh-Ho" — that particular high of pickaxes, whistling while you work, and communal domestic bliss in a cottage built for men half your height.
I only meant to watch the Heigh-Ho scene for the endwarfins, and then it was two hours later and I'd watched the whole movie.

Endwarfins aren't just a Snow White thing — I get the same hit off the Lollipop Guild in Oz.
endwarfins by Howard Ogden September 13, 2026
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A slang term used to describe a bald person, typically someone who is completely bald or has a closely shaved head. The term is derived from the infamous, hairless kids’ cartoon character of the same name.
Example 1:
“Did you see that caillou over there? His head is reflecting the sun like a disco ball.”
Example 2:
“I think Dave is finally accepting his hair loss. He just went full caillou and shaved the whole thing off.”
caillou by WMH01 September 12, 2026
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