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Mon Sep-29-08 11:36 PM
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Somebody school me, please -- what's with this "EPIC FAIL" phrase that's all over DU. |
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Where does it come from -- a movie title? Street slang? Current military-speak?
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Mon Sep-29-08 11:39 PM
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quiet.american
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Mon Sep-29-08 11:41 PM
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Mon Sep-29-08 11:58 PM
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4. Gotta love that site... but the PunditKitchen page is rapidly becoming my fave... |
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:44 PM
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23. I think my dad bought one of those. He loves to shop. He's one of those people who is constantly |
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Tue Sep-30-08 02:52 PM
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Mon Sep-29-08 11:44 PM
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3. I was just wondering that myself. |
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Little sick of it, actually.
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:21 AM
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9. I'm more than a little sick of it. It wore out its welcome LONG ago. |
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Along with pwned or pwn3d or whatever the heck that it is.
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:32 AM
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Tue Sep-30-08 02:06 AM
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14. ...but enough about my sex life! n/t |
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Tue Sep-30-08 02:08 AM
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Tue Sep-30-08 12:01 AM
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5. It's called "I can't figure out an intelligent way to refute your point, so I'm... |
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going to resort to this simplistic two-word jab in order to sidestep my pathetic inability to articulate my thoughts."
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Tue Sep-30-08 12:03 AM
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Tue Sep-30-08 02:36 AM
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16. C-Train couldn't have said it better himself. |
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Tue Sep-30-08 12:27 AM
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been around for years. I'm surprised it's not popped up more around here :shrug:
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:33 AM
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13. I didn't realize it was gamer slang |
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I would say it "epic fail" once in a while, before I ever saw it here. Never knew if I just picked it up from somewhere or what.
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:25 AM
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10. It's a meme. Like Spiro Igloo. |
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:33 AM
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12. While we're at it, what is with "teh"???? |
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Why the hell can't people just type "THE"???!?
What is the point?
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Tue Sep-30-08 07:17 AM
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Tue Sep-30-08 09:55 AM
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22. I have no idea what you're saying. Probably just as well. |
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I'll remain secure in my ignorance, and in my enjoyment of proper grammar.
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Tue Sep-30-08 07:27 AM
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18. It's DU being about 5 months behind on Internet fads, then abusing the ever living fuck out of them |
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In fact, they pretty much come here to supernova and die.
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Tue Sep-30-08 07:53 AM
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19. Speaking of that, how about that Chocolate Rain? |
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Tue Sep-30-08 08:14 AM
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20. Basic internet slang that finally filtered down to DU common usage. |
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'fail' and 'win' started being used as nouns rather than verbs a while back on the internet. Phrases like 'full of fail' or 'full of win' became fairly popular. "You sir, are full of fail." is a polite way to call someone a loser. :P
As for the 'epic' in front, that came from gaming subculture. Epic in gaming refers to the biggest and best possible form of whatever you're using the word to describe. So an 'epic fail' or 'epic win' is the biggest and best fail or win possible.
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Tue Sep-30-08 02:08 PM
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24. Ah, I see you need some visual aids... |
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Tue Sep-30-08 03:06 PM
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26. I like pot of gold fail. |
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