a failure that, while possibly excusable, creates such a bad energy or
reputation that the
entity in question
must take the blame anyway, often severely
Even though it came out later that Cody Parkey's infamous "double-
doink" field-goal miss had in fact been tipped, the whole thing was such a mojo
fail that the Bears released him and no other team wanted to touch him.
"I know it's not your fault, but it's still your fault. It was a total mojo
fail."