failwhale 

The image of a whale being carried by a number of birds that appears when the Twitter website is overloaded or has failed. Failwhale appears to now have his/her own fanclub.

Word origin: from fail + whale (probably for rhyming purposes).

Sad that Twitter had failed just when he needed it most, he was somewhat consoled by the appearance of his beloved Failwhale.

failwhale by NenyaQuende June 16, 2008

failwhale 

A annoying blue whale that turns up on the homescreen when popular social networking site Twitter goes overcapacity.
It is depicted as being carried by a flock of blue birds (the Twitter "mascots") to show that the load taken by the microblogging site is to huge to be processed.

In my opinion, it's plain irritating.

If Twitter goes overcapacity again, Imma throw that damn #Failwhale into the oilspill

failwhale by iHEARTShiaLaBeouf June 16, 2010

Failwhale 

Beached whale or Immense Epic Fail

That beached whale sure is a failwhale.

Seriously.. what a failwhale!

Failwhale by iSmack May 24, 2009

failwhale 

An ignorant obese person who does not know his/her place in life. It often shows by being the loudest, most obnoxious person in the room, as an attempt to make up for his/her obesity.

Guy 1: "Look at Tim over there, thinking he's the center of the freakin' universe!"
Guy 2: "Well he does have his own gravitation point"
Guy 1: "lol - He just wont recognise his place in life. He's such a failwhale"
Guy 2: "Amen"

failwhale by Dingler Hangballs January 2, 2008

Failnale 

An unsatisfying finale. Riddled with plot-holes, dei ex machina (plural of deus ex machina), and various other writing blunders. The name is a portmanteau from the words "fail" and "finale".
Normally stemming from either a premature cancellation, or writers writing their way into a corner.
What makes a finale a "failnale" is completely subjective, and is a decision up to each person to make. However, there are times when the writing is so blatantly bad, only the most hardcore of fans would defend it.

Note : While it mainly refers to television programs it is also applicable to, books, video games, comics, and basically any form of entertainment that eventually ends.

Rachel : "So during the finale there was an ancient and powerful being, who just happens to show up to give the main guy a brand new power RIGHT when he needed it."
Steven : "That was total garbage! They didn't even foreshadow something as big as that. It just showed up out of nowhere! And did you see what they did to the villain?"
Rachel : "Are you talking about the convenient and sudden mental breakdown? It was only there so the good guys could easily win. What a cop-out"
Steven : "Yeah, it was a total failnale!"

Failnale by Zombunnies January 11, 2013

Failwhalia 

A phobia caused by the Fail Whale on Twitter. Pron to Twitter-addicts, especially when there is too much HOOPLA on Twitter.

Failwhalia makes you want to throw a brick at the Fail Whale since he keeps screaming hoopla.

Guy: "Dude, why aren't you tweeting. Get yo tweet on." Girl: "No, I can't tweet, my failwhalia is too intense, too much HOOPLA!"

Failwhalia by xmcrfash1 April 15, 2010

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.

Fail Whale by TweenkPL April 7, 2009