fail whale

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Etymology

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The fail whale originated on Twitter; the term was coined by web designer Jen Simmons in 2007 in a tweet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fail whale (plural fail whales)

  1. (Internet slang) An image of a whale that formerly accompanied certain error messages on the Twitter microblogging website.
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