epic fail
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An utter failure, especially where success should have been reasonably expected.
Example Sentences
- "Bzzt! Wrong answer! That's what the kids call "epic fail.""
- "Maybe next the cloud overhead would open up and a huge cartoon hand emerge from below, pointing at him, accompanied by a thunderous, authorial voice: TOM MERCER. EPIC FAIL."
- "The second sentence is saying ‘Gina greedily anticipates even more than the monthly doubling of her bank balance’ — more than is modifying expects. Not the same meaning at all. Sorry computer, epic fail!"
- "“What, you thought you could flee to Canada and hide from your epic fail? […]"
- "So yeah, epic fail on my part when I didn't recognize one of Kubrick's most iconic works, 2001: A Space Odyssey."
- "I was happy with my new, more sophisticated haircut but the rest of my efforts were pretty much epic fail."