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Having a Ph.D at failing. That is to say, the person is BEYOND failure with lack of a saving grace in the eyes of others.

Often for a marginal error, lacking knowledge or logic based on a specific type of common sense or in some cases a life choice that may not be glorified by the "in" crowd.
1. Being a 40-year old virgin is a person who phails at life itself.

2. If you phail, you fail at failing and that's the worse.

3. Because you thought Master Chief would hit Smash Bros. Brawl, you phail to understand video games.

4. I asked for a hamburger and you put cheese on it when I didn't ask you to, you phail at taking orders.
phail by Maurice D. Guillory December 3, 2006
Words you can keep
The act of failing; as to not achieve a desire goal/dream.

Used in many forums, as a way of saying that particular person is a true failure to human kind or some other put down related insult.
"Your parents phailed." = Your parents
did not raise you correctly, or taught you wrong.

"You phailed at life, hang yourself." Self-explanatory.
Phail by MrBubbles September 27, 2004
a way of expressing extreme and/or pitiful failure. Also, failing so badly that the person who failed does not deserve the correct spelling of 'fail' and therefore the 'f' is substituted with a 'ph'.
"You fail....but it's so pitiful that you 'phail' with a 'ph'!"
Super-mega-ultra phail. A portmanteau of the words 'phallus' and 'fail'.

As defined by certain members of The Review Lounge.
"Your project is phail."

"Fail?"

"No, phail. It's basically major suckage."

"Oh, okay. Kthxbai."
Phail by The Awkward Turtle May 28, 2009
A level of fail that is between fail and epic fail.
He phailed at halo.
phail by DrBurst December 9, 2008
To seduce a teacher, usually male with blond hair and deep blue eyes.
Jorma and Andy had high hopes in one day phailing with their hot substitute teacher, Mr. Shears.
Phail by CrunchyBlue November 28, 2010
the same as a fail, but spelled with a "PH" for emphasis.
"i locked myself out of my own house, PHAIL"
phail by fathead431 September 23, 2009
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Failure Shower 

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Caleb knew the only thing to do after he didnt get prefect was take a failure shower.
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Lookie at these bunch of narps, NARP NARP NARP
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