v
(computing, slang, intransitive, by extension) Of a system: to fail.
adj
(obsolete) Warlike, battle-ready.
n
(idiomatic) A proverbial expression used to signify the futility of making detailed plans when the ability to fully or even partially execute them is uncertain.
n
(law) The legal offense of engaging in public behavior which is violent, rowdy, or disruptive.
v
(slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To take a day off from work feigning ill health.
n
Any trial or hardship in one's experience.
adj
(slang) Of a new item: received broken.
n
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
adj
(Internet slang) disappointed
v
(archaic) To go hither and thither.
v
(Internet slang) Dismissed from one's job as a result of one's actions on the Internet.
adj
(idiomatic) Unlucky or undergoing a period of bad luck, especially with respect to financial matters.
n
(Internet slang) Utter, total failure, especially where success should have been reasonably expected.
n
(slang) A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
n
(slang, Internet, video games, neologism) the quick and unexpected demise of a large online social group
n
(Internet slang, video games, neologism) The quick and unexpected demise of a large online social group.
n
An embarrassing or tactless blunder.
n
A sudden or unexpected failure.
n
A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
n
(Internet slang) A period marked by failure, lack of success, or inability to function or thrive.
n
(slang) The realm of flops or failures.
v
I don't want to continue with this conversation (usually used in frustration or anger).
v
To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
v
(intransitive, originally of sick elephants) to begin to behave in an erratic, uncontrolled, dangerous, destructive, or savage way
adj
(slang) Entirely given up to; infatuated with; used with on.
adj
Of a delinquent or criminal act, having unexpectedly become more violent than is typical for that act—having resulted in an attack on a victim leading to serious injury or death.
adv
(obsolete, idiomatic) Negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does.
v
(Internet slang, humorous, sarcastic) To have a public meltdown on the Internet.
v
Alternative form of jerrybuild [(transitive) To assemble a project in a hasty, sloppy manner, especially using cheap, inferior or improvised materials.]
adj
(Singapore, colloquial, mildly derogatory) Afraid to lose out, particularly because one is overly competitive.
n
A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
v
(colloquial, idiomatic, Australia, Britain) To be unfortunate or unlucky; to run out of luck.
v
(intransitive) To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.
n
(cribbage) The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.
v
(idiomatic) To be recklessly inaccurate, inappropriate, or otherwise ignoring guidelines and conventions.
v
(slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To skip work or school or avoid an obligation by pretending to be sick.
v
(idiomatic) To go unchecked or without control; to be wild or excessive.
v
(by extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid.
n
A major glitch or breakdown.
n
An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.
n
Alternative form of trouble at mill [(idiomatic, Northern England) Problems outside the household, especially in the workplace.]
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