This report is full of FAIL
Fueled by the Internet, the verb "fail" is being transformed into a noun, an interjection, and even an adjective.
Guest: Ben Zimmer, Visual Thesaurus
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August 11, 2009
Comments (2)
In gaming non-fail is used a lot more than fail- interesting topic.
Posted by Doug | August 11, 2009 10:46 PM
Sadly, y'all forgot about one of the greatest products of the fail movement: the Fail Whale. It may have started with Twitter, but now it's everywhere. It's just one step behind Epic Fail. I enjoyed the discussion nevertheless.
Posted by Jesse | August 14, 2009 11:17 PM
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