More on fail... http://www.slate.com/id/2202262/pagenum/all/
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:57 PM, eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > teen expression "fail" (and not "failure") also comes from watching > endless videos on failblog.org > > I know this because my 12-year old son regularly uses "fail" in > everyday conversation. No eye-rolls yet. > > > On Oct 18, 4:16 pm, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Generally, the term is used in two manners: > > > > > Standing alone, it works as a declarative statement following a > > > description of what happened. "George W. Bush decides to go improptu > > > during a press conference. FAIL." > > > > > More commonly, it can be used as a title of what you're about to see. > > > So, for your link, I'd have gone with "NBC Programming EPIC FAIL." > > > > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 8:55 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > According to Wiki, it dates back to the ending taunts of a video game > > > when > > > > you, well, failed. Sort of in the same vein as "All Your Base Belong > to > > > > Us." > > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failure#Internet_memes > -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
