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Definition of fail whale
fail whale
noun - uncountable
- an image displayed on the Twitter website when the website is unavailable. Created by artist Yiying Lu.
See also fail.Last edited on Nov 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 03 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'fail': | |
| Definitions include: pejorative nickname for the British daily tabloid newspaper Daily Mail. | |
| Definitions include: a large failure. | |
| Definitions include: an instance of failure. | |
| Definitions include: to be ill, drunk, or otherwise unhealthy, or affected negatively by a substance. | |
| Definitions include: A reference to a dungeons and dragons term that means to have poor reaction time. Also, to fall, drop and object, or to fail to get out of the path of a moving object. | |
| Definitions include: A dungeons and dragons term that refers to being gullible or mislead. | |
Other terms relating to 'whale': | |
| Definitions include: a very overweight person. | |
| Definitions include: To vomit. Relates to the sound one makes when vomiting uncontrollably into a toilet bowl (with the associated echo effect) A term me and my friends used in college at Louisiana State University. | |
| Definitions include: an insulting evaluation of someone's character or abilities. | |
| Definitions include: an extremely overweight person. | |
| Definitions include: To pound or hit hard. | |
| Definitions include: Gain weight usually (but not exclusively) applied to females. | |
| Definitions include: visible top of a thong when being worn. | |
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