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*
by mrcrazynukenuke123 November 26, 2009
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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!"
by TurboNewb July 11, 2008
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A rather annoying word whose use in certain situations has greatly increased recently.

Kind of like the word "shit," "fail" is used by people who don't stop to think of a better word to use, making them pretty much useless to society.
A kid falls off a bike.
Douche bag: Fail!
Person that can think rationally: Stop saying "fail" at people who weren't even trying to succeed at anything in the first place.
by JerseyKid April 23, 2008
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"Fail" is a word that is more than often overused online. Unfortunately it has spewed into mainstream society and now is being used in every day life, much like "epic".

People who "fail" generally are not even trying to accomplish anything, or they simply do something different than you. This word is most commonly used by annoying teenagers (who put a bad reputation on gaming), who shout "FAIL!" every time someone makes a slight error.

If you point out an obvious flaw by saying "FAIL" you're obviously a failure yourself for having lack of logic.
Kid: I just tripped because someone...tripped me.

Idiot who doesn't use logic to realize it wasn't the kids fault for being tripped, it was actually the other persons fault: FAIL!
by Da Milkman April 24, 2009
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UNF fleet from Navyfield. They are just so terrible.
UNF failed so hard they broke up and formed a new fleet called Jollyrogers.
by Ohh yeah! September 1, 2010
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The act of doing something so awful you must never show your face again and God cries in pity for your soul.

The term can be expressed (written) two ways:

fail & Fail

The lowercase form expresses a smaller fail that no one will remember for longer than a week. Consider yourself lucky if you are simply charged with a "fail" crime.

The uppercase form of the word means that you have disgraced the human race and shall never be given respect again in your life, nor after that when you have gone to Hell either.
fail:

I failed when I lost that staring contest.

Fail:

Your mom Failed in bed last night.
by celza January 30, 2011
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