"fail whale" meaning in All languages combined

See fail whale on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fail whale.wav Forms: fail whales [plural]
Etymology: The fail whale originated on Twitter; the term was coined by web designer Jen Simmons in 2007 in a tweet. Etymology templates: {{coinage|en|Jen Simmons|in=2007|nobycat=1|nocap=1|occ=web designer}} coined by web designer Jen Simmons in 2007 Head templates: {{en-noun}} fail whale (plural fail whales)
  1. (Internet slang) An image of a whale that formerly accompanied certain error messages on the Twitter microblogging website. Wikipedia link: Twitter, Twitter#Outages Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Twitter

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