Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you had one job

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English

Syllables: you had one job
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

An expression used when someone had only one simple job to do but still failed it.

Example Sentences

"A video uploaded on the Facebook group Complaint Singapore on Monday (Nov 28) sparked criticism among the online community as it featured an example of the meme, “you had one job” (and still failed)."
"Image of a T-shirt with a map of Africa printed, labeled "Asia""

Etymology

On the Web, the phrase is heavily associated with FAIL image macros.

Questions

What does you had one job mean?: An expression used when someone had only one simple job to do but still failed it.
Where does you had one job come from?: On the Web, the phrase is heavily associated with FAIL image macros.

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