(idiomatic, US) To repeatedly fail in one's gambles or efforts.
(idiomatic, US) To repeatedly fail in one's gambles or efforts.
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(US, sports) The most losing; who has lost most games, votes, etc.
A W fail is a win that somehow still manages to go wrong in delivery, execution, or aftermath — a victory so poorly handled it partially negates itself. You got the promotion but immediately alienated your whole team in the announcement. You won the argument but lost the friendship. The result was technically correct but the process was a disaster. W fail captures the frustrating comedy of snatching partial defeat from the jaws of total victory. It's used self-deprecatingly and in commentary on others' bittersweet successes where the L crept in through the back door.
To make someone lose a match by (mostly) intentionally or unintentionally dying
(idiomatic) To lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest.
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