phrase usage - What triggered the slang term "epic fail"? - English ...
Nov 15, 2023 · This meaning has now been resurrected in the modern "an epic fail" sense = an outstanding failure. The earliest I can trace "Epic Fail" is "Big Book of Epic Fail" By Aaron …
language evolution - When and how did "fail" become a noun?
Jan 23, 2011 · Does anyone know when and how fail became a noun? I'd love to see one of those charts that shows the date of origin and subsequent growth of this usage.
What word should I use for things that are bad for you?
Jul 28, 2025 · I need a single or double word for a category name for my blog that means: Things that are bad for you, such as smoking, drinking, etc. when you have diabetes. The word must …
Requesting a word or idiom for "impressive failure."
May 11, 2016 · The op asks for a "epic fail type" noun but your word is an adjective that describes something that is such a "epic fail type" noun.
Singular word request: Word that means 'to attempt to fit in/be as …
epic fail (noun, Slang.) Dictionary.com a spectacularly embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given a greatly exaggerated …
Capitalization of artistic trends - English Language & Usage Stack …
Oct 28, 2012 · If you are writing about the arts (the term is also current in biblical studies and theology), I would not capitalize modernism. The names (and derivative adjectives) of some …
A person who twists facts to appear infallible?
Oct 30, 2017 · The kind of person who is given a simple logic puzzle, fails to solve it correctly and tries to persuade others that he was in fact correct e.g. by denying obvious implications that …
How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping/snoring?
May 26, 2011 · Edit: Another Wikipedia page: The big Z It is a convention in American comics that the sound of a snore can be reduced to a single letter Z. Thus a speech bubble with this letter …
Fail trumpet onomatopoeia - English Language & Usage Stack …
Mar 25, 2014 · There are several sound clips that are widely understood to mean "(epic) fail". I think the most famous one is the one with the oboe or trumpet... 4 notes with declining pitch, …
someone who is very successful, then suddenly fails miserably?
I'm looking for a word that describes this kind of person in one word: someone who has a long history of success, whether it'd be money, fame, fighting ability, ANYTHING, but then suddenly …