"epic fail" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-epic fail.ogg Forms: epic fails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} epic fail (plural epic fails)
  1. (Internet slang, originally 4chan) Utter, total failure, especially where success should have been reasonably expected. Tags: Internet Translations (total failure): täydellinen moka (Finnish), échec épique [masculine] (French), fiasco epico [masculine] (Italian), по́лный прова́л (pólnyj provál) (Russian), сокруши́тельный прова́л (sokrušítelʹnyj provál) (Russian), фиа́ско (fiásko) (Russian), fracaso épico [masculine] (Spanish)

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