fail whale

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Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

fail whale (plural fail whales)

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

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