An expression often used in gaming cliques describing someone who consistently performs poorly OR does not always come through

Derived from Failboat, failboater is a word describing someone who is often on a boat of fail

"Ricky hasnt got a kill in over two whole games what a failboater"

"Sherry didnt come over last night, she never seems to have time for me anymore what a failboater"

Failboater by Shimmytomyleft November 24, 2009

Related Words

failbomber • FaceBomber • Failboater • Failmember • FailRobert • drop the failbomb • fag bomber • fail bomb • mail bomber

Failmember

A member belonging to the Group of Fail; known as the Duo of Fail/Trio of Fail/Octet of Fail, (however many members belong to each particular sub-group) Fails in all attempts socially, thus the name. Attempts at style but fails miserably. Often carrying more than three chins. Usually has a name starting with A, V, or C.

Failmember was failing all over the place today, as is the usual for one belonging in the dreaded Trio of Fail.

Failmember by Watch out for failmember! December 10, 2009

FaceBomber

FaceBomber (feys bom-er) -noun One who makes random comments on their friend's Facebook pages, or those they don't actually know or remember but accepted them anyways, often after extremely long periods of time since you actually communicated directly with them but you forget because you read their posts in your feed everyday and you feel like you know them again. see also PhotoBomber

This guy is such a Facebomber, I haven't spoken to him since high school and he keeps making stupid comments on my wall.

FaceBomber by DanTheMan1970 July 28, 2009

failbomb

A device, machine, or other construct that will inevitably fail, given enough time, and that will be devastating in the amount of fail it causes when it does.

This 1 TB SSD is worth by far more than the rest of my entire computer, but it's a ticking failbomb.

failbomb by Ardvaark March 31, 2014

FailRobert

A word used to describe an act of failure, mistake, or unintentional act by any member of the human species with the first name Robert, Rob, or Bob.

*Robert sneezes and bangs head*
"...FailRobert."

FailRobert by GildasMagnus May 3, 2010

FaceBomber

One who "bombs" your Facebook News Feed with multiple status updates, link/video posts, picture uploads, Foursquare check-ins, etc. Basically someone with no life.

I know all the details of Ryan's day, including his bathroom breaks, because he is a FaceBomber.

FaceBomber by ILLbehaved May 29, 2010

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

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

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026