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F*** my life. A self-pitying lament tagged onto whatever just went wrong — a missed bus, a deleted draft, a bad break-up. Originally the name of a viral 2008 site, FMyLife.com, which collected user-submitted disaster stories, the phrase has long since outlived the site.
just realised I sent that email to "all-staff" instead of one person fml
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An internet slang abbreviation, typically standing for 'my fault' — an informal admission of responsibility or error, used in text messaging and online chat. It functions similarly to 'mea culpa' but in a casual, low-effort register. Common in quick online exchanges where brevity matters more than formality.
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(internet slang, text messaging) ; mea culpa.