FAIL

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2008-12-12T20:17:17Z

cilLKufYOhE

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classics, catchphrase, image macro, failures

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'> <head> <meta content='text/html; utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type' /> <meta name='keywords' content='classics, catchphrase, image macro, failures' /> <title>FAIL | Know Your Meme</title> <link href='http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/stylesheets/mobile.css?1264901130' media='only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /> <script src="http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery-ui.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jrails.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery.timeago.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/application.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body id='mobile'> <div id='container'> <div class='c' id='content'> <div class='block c' id='entry_titlebar'> <div class='left'> <div class='c' id='entry_photo'><img alt="" class="thumbnail left" src="http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/28/thumb/failgull.jpg?1229113036" title="FAIL" /></div> <dl id='entry_details'> <dt>Status</dt> <dd>Confirmed</dd> <dt>Origin</dt> <dd><em>Unknown</em></dd> <dt>Year</dt> <dd><em>Unknown</em></dd> </dl> </div> <div class='right'> <h1>FAIL</h1> <p class='desc'>Update (Aug 8,2009): Subsequent to the above episode, the New York Times repeated, almost verbatim, information found in the our video investigation. This now gives us some kind of authoritative definition of “fail” with sound sentence structure and tight vocabulary usage: This punchy stand-alone fail most likely originated as a shortened form of “You fail” or, more fully, “You fail it,” the taunting “game over” message in the late-’90s Japanese video game Blazing Star, notorious for its fractured English. Traditionally, “fail” has been a used as a verb to signify the opposite of “succeed,” becoming a “failure.” To fail is to fall short of achieving a goal. In recent times, “fail” has become a form of Internet slang in which it can be used not only as a verb, but as a noun that serves the same purpose as the word “failure.” Today, “fail” is found commonly not only in text, but in image macros, videos, and all sorts of online media. The precise origin of “fail” as an interjection isn’t completely known. It is likely this repurposed use of “fail” was popularized due to an Engrish line “YOU FAIL IT” from the 1998 Neo Geo video game Blazing Star. The earliest definition for Fail on Urban Dictionary date back to July 22nd, 2003. either an interjection used when one disapproves of something, or a verb meaning approximately the same thing as the slang form of suck.…</p> </div> </div> <div class='c' id='entry_content'> <p><strong>Update (Aug 8,2009):</strong> Subsequent to the above episode, the <em>New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/magazine/09FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">repeated</a>, almost verbatim, information found in the our video investigation. This now gives us some kind of authoritative definition of “fail” with sound sentence structure and tight vocabulary usage:<br /> <blockquote><br /> This punchy stand-alone fail most likely originated as a shortened form of “You fail” or, more fully, “You fail it,” the taunting “game over” message in the late-’90s Japanese video game Blazing Star, notorious for its fractured English.</p> </blockquote> <div class="block"><h1>About</h1> <p>Traditionally, “fail” has been a used as a verb to signify the opposite of “succeed,” becoming a “failure.” To fail is to fall short of achieving a goal.</p> <p>In recent times, “fail” has become a form of Internet slang in which it can be used not only as a verb, but as a noun that serves the same purpose as the word “failure.”</p> <p>Today, “fail” is found commonly not only in text, but in image macros, videos, and all sorts of online media.</p> <h1>Spread</h1> <p>The precise origin of “fail” as an interjection isn’t completely known. It is likely this repurposed use of “fail” was popularized due to an Engrish line “<span class="caps">YOU</span> <span class="caps">FAIL</span> IT” from the 1998 Neo Geo video game <em>Blazing Star</em>.</p> <p>The earliest definition for Fail on <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fail>Urban Dictionary</a> date back to July 22nd, 2003.</p> <blockquote> <p>either an interjection used when one disapproves of something, or a verb meaning approximately the same thing as the slang form of suck.<br /> 1] “you actually bought that? <span class="caps">FAIL</span>” <br /> 2] “this movie fails.”</p> </blockquote> <p>This use of “fail” not as a part of speech but as a stand-alone interjection was further popularized by sites like 4chan.com.</p> <p>Due to the increase in popularity of Fail image macros, the Cheezburger Network launched <a href=http://failblog.org/>Failblog</a> May of 2008.</p> </div><div class="block"><h1>Google Trend</h1> <p><b>Search traffic for the word “<span class="caps">FAIL</span>”:</b><br /> <a href="http://google.com/trends?q=fail"><img src="http://google.com/trends/viz?q=fail&date=all&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N" width="600" /></a><br><br> <br /> h2. Media<br /> <br /> A fail image compilation video (one of many):<br /> <br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fn92AN48Pqc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fn92AN48Pqc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div> </div> <div class='block' id='entry_footer'> <h1>More Info</h1> <div class='c'> <a class='btn left' href='KYM://entry/photos' id='entry_photos'> View Meme Images <br /> <span># Total images</span> </a> <a class='btn right' href='KYM://entry/share' id='entry_share'> Share <br /> <span>Tell a friend!</span> </a> </div> <p> Author <span>aaa</span> </p> <p>Updated xxxx</p> </div> <div class='block c' id='entry_nav'> <a class='btn left' href='KYM://entry/prev' id='entry_nav_prev'>Prev Meme</a> <a class='btn right' href='KYM://entry/next' id='entry_nav_next'>Next Meme</a> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>

FAIL <p><strong>Update (Aug 8,2009):</strong> Subsequent to the above episode, the <em>New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/magazine/09FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">repeated</a>, almost verbatim, information found in the our video investigation. This now gives us some kind of authoritative definition of “fail” with sound sentence structure and tight vocabulary usage:<br /> <blockquote><br /> This punchy stand-alone fail most likely originated as a shortened form of “You fail” or, more fully, “You fail it,” the taunting “game over” message in the late-’90s Japanese video game Blazing Star, notorious for its fractured English.</p> </blockquote> <h2>About</h2> <p>Traditionally, “fail” has been a used as a verb to signify the opposite of “succeed,” becoming a “failure.” To fail is to fall short of achieving a goal.</p> <p>In recent times, “fail” has become a form of Internet slang in which it can be used not only as a verb, but as a noun that serves the same purpose as the word “failure.”</p> <p>Today, “fail” is found commonly not only in text, but in image macros, videos, and all sorts of online media.</p> <h2>Spread</h2> <p>The precise origin of “fail” as an interjection isn’t completely known. It is likely this repurposed use of “fail” was popularized due to an Engrish line “<span class="caps">YOU</span> <span class="caps">FAIL</span> IT” from the 1998 Neo Geo video game <em>Blazing Star</em>.</p> <p>The earliest definition for Fail on <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fail>Urban Dictionary</a> date back to July 22nd, 2003.</p> <blockquote> <p>either an interjection used when one disapproves of something, or a verb meaning approximately the same thing as the slang form of suck.<br /> 1] “you actually bought that? <span class="caps">FAIL</span>” <br /> 2] “this movie fails.”</p> </blockquote> <p>This use of “fail” not as a part of speech but as a stand-alone interjection was further popularized by sites like 4chan.com.</p> <p>Due to the increase in popularity of Fail image macros, the Cheezburger Network launched <a href=http://failblog.org/>Failblog</a> May of 2008.</p> <h2>Google Trend</h2> <p><b>Search traffic for the word “<span class="caps">FAIL</span>”:</b><br /> <a href="http://google.com/trends?q=fail"><img src="http://google.com/trends/viz?q=fail&date=all&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N" width="600" /></a><br><br> <br /> h2. Media<br /> <br /> A fail image compilation video (one of many):<br /> <br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fn92AN48Pqc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fn92AN48Pqc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Jamie Dubs investigates the origins of the word "FAIL" and its cousins, "own" and "win" For more info & pics see the "full meme entry":/memes/fail

2010-02-03T21:40:54Z

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