Epic Fail
Epic Fail (Eng. Epic failure ) is an English-language term . It stands for “total failure” and describes an embarrassing mistake or a particularly bad case of failure. The term comes from the Internet scene and is often used as a hashtag or meme on social platforms, for example to mark videos that show a particularly dramatic or humorous failure.
reception
In 2011, the term “Epic Fail” came second in the selection for “ Youth Word of the Year ” by Langenscheidt-Verlag.
Web links
- Christopher Beam: Epic Win. Goodbye, glee; hello, fail. In: Slate , October 15, 2008.
- Jack Schofield: All your FAIL are belong to us. In: The Guardian , October 17, 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Youth language - awesome was yesterday, long live the epic! FAZ online from October 17, 2012. Accessed December 17, 2014.
- ↑ Definition of terms on Definition- online.de.Retrieved on December 17, 2014
- ↑ Young people's language: Let the homework guttenbergen Spiegel online from December 5, 2011. Accessed on December 17, 2014.