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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
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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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A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
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This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
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Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
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Person B: "Wow, EBK."
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Texas is categorized as a swing state in presidential elections, but has voted for Republicans more times than for Democrats in recent history. As such, as demographics change political alignments, some Democrats believe that Texas will vote blue, or Democratic, due to their Hispanic and African American voters, who often align themselves with the Democratic Party's liberal wing.

Blexas has been cited as possible in the upcoming decades, but only if Democrats continue to win the Hispanic vote in bigger margins.
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Democrat 2: Well uh, Blexas!
Democrat 1: You've been saying that since 2008 though.
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briefcake 

"Did you check out the briefcake in courtroom C?"
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